diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5863704..c9bf36c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
         lints = [
           {
-            toolchain = "2025-01-09";
+            toolchain = "nightly-2025-01-09";
             package = dylintLib.cargo-dylint-general;
           }
         ];
diff --git a/lib/mk-dylint.nix b/lib/mk-dylint.nix
index c13e9c7..da6c62b 100644
--- a/lib/mk-dylint.nix
+++ b/lib/mk-dylint.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ let
   driver_names = lib.groupBy (v: v.toolchain) lints;
   driverMap = builtins.mapAttrs (
     name: _:
-    mkCargoDylintDriver "${name}" (
-      pkgs.rust-bin.nightly."${lib.removePrefix "nightly-" name}".default.override {
-        extensions = [
-          "rustc-dev"
-        ];
-      }
-    )
+    lib.throwIf ((builtins.match "^[[:digit:]].*$" name) != null)
+      "Rust toolchains generally do not start with numbers. Make sure you include the channel, as in `nightly-YYYY-MM-DD`. Given '${name}'"
+      mkCargoDylintDriver
+      "${name}"
+      (
+        pkgs.rust-bin.nightly."${lib.removePrefix "nightly-" name}".default.override {
+          extensions = [
+            "rustc-dev"
+          ];
+        }
+      )
   ) driver_names;
   drivers = pkgs.runCommandLocal "dylint-drivers" { } ''
     mkdir -p $out
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ pkgs.runCommandLocal "cargo-dylint-wrapped"
   }
   ''
     makeWrapper ${cargo-dylint}/bin/cargo-dylint $out/bin/cargo-dylint \
-      --set-default DYLINT_LIBRARY_PATH "${lib.strings.makeLibraryPath (builtins.map (v: v.package) lints)}" \
+      --set-default DYLINT_LIBRARY_PATH "${
+        lib.strings.makeLibraryPath (builtins.map (v: v.package) lints)
+      }" \
       --set DYLINT_DRIVER_PATH ${drivers};
   ''