diff --git a/kernel/scripts/gdb.sh b/kernel/scripts/gdb.sh
index 5888972a..085fb956 100755
--- a/kernel/scripts/gdb.sh
+++ b/kernel/scripts/gdb.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 # - ARCH: specifies the architecture to build for
 # - AUX_ELF: specifies the path to an auxiliary ELF file whose symbols will be added to gdb
 
-export QEMUFLAGS="$QEMUFLAGS -s -S -d int"
-setsid cargo run $CARGOFLAGS >qemu.log 2>&1 &
-QEMU_PID=$!
-
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   ARCH="x86_64"
 fi
+
+export QEMUFLAGS="$QEMUFLAGS -s -S -d int"
+setsid cargo run $CARGOFLAGS --target arch/$ARCH/$ARCH.json >qemu.log 2>&1 &
+QEMU_PID=$!
+
 KERN_PATH="target/$ARCH/debug/maestro"
 
 if ! [ -z "$AUX_ELF" ]; then