diff --git a/rocksdb.nimble b/rocksdb.nimble
index 4b52ba5..ab7f1e8 100644
--- a/rocksdb.nimble
+++ b/rocksdb.nimble
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ requires "nim >= 1.6", "results", "tempfile", "unittest2"
 task format, "Format nim code using nph":
   # Using the latest nph commit for now because the latest tagged version
   # doesn't work with the latest nim 2 version
-  exec "nimble install nph@#head"
-  exec "nph ."
+  exec "nimble install nph@#head; nph ."
 
 task clean, "Remove temporary files":
   exec "rm -rf build"