diff --git a/modules/virtual_environments/nu_msvs/nu_msvs.nu b/modules/virtual_environments/nu_msvs/nu_msvs.nu
index 74d24f0..772f0b1 100644
--- a/modules/virtual_environments/nu_msvs/nu_msvs.nu
+++ b/modules/virtual_environments/nu_msvs/nu_msvs.nu
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ def --env find_msvs [] {
     $env.MSVS_BASE_PATH = $env.Path
     $env.PATH_VAR = (if "Path" in $env { "Path" } else { "PATH" })
 
+    # This is a total hack because nushell doesn't like parentheses in an environment variable like `$env.ProgramFiles(x86)`
+    let programfiles = $env | transpose name value | where name starts-with Program and name ends-with '(x86)' | get value.0
+    # According to https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/wiki/Installing, vswhere should always be in this location.
+    let vswhere_cmd = $'($programfiles)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe'
+
     let info = (
-        if not (which vswhere | is-empty) {
-          (vswhere -format json | from json)
+      if ($vswhere_cmd | path exists) {
+          (^$vswhere_cmd -format json | from json)
         } else {
+          # this should really error out here
           ('{"installationPath": [""]}' | from json)
         }
     )