diff --git a/examples/flakes/README.md b/examples/flakes/README.md
index ab28e927462..ec26ff2c5e9 100644
--- a/examples/flakes/README.md
+++ b/examples/flakes/README.md
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ This installs the "php" and "hello" outputs from the flake at `my-php-flake`. Th
 
 ## Remote flakes
 
-Use `github:<org>/<repo>/<ref>#<output>` as the package name to install from a Github repo.
+Use `github:<org>/<repo>/<ref>#<output>` as the package name to install from a Github repo. If the flake lives in a subdirectory of the repo, add `?dir=<path>` before the `#<output>`.
 
 ```json
 {
   "packages": [
-    "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello",
-    "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose"
+    "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay",
+    "github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake#hello"
   ],
   "shell": {
     "init_hook": null
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ Use `github:<org>/<repo>/<ref>#<output>` as the package name to install from a G
 }
 ```
 
-This installs the `hello` package from the 5233fd... commit of Nixpkgs, and the `default` output from the `F1bonacc1/process-compose` repo.
+This installs the `cowsay` package from the 5233fd... commit of Nixpkgs, and the `hello` output of the flake in the `examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake` directory of the `jetify-com/devbox` repo.
diff --git a/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.json b/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.json
index 2a5443582f8..80c46b55e8e 100644
--- a/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.json
+++ b/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.json
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 {
   "packages": [
-    "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello",
     "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay",
-    "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v1.122.0"
+    "github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake#hello"
   ],
   "shell": {
     "init_hook": null,
     "scripts": {
-      "run_test": "cowsay -- hello"
+      "run_test": [
+        "hello",
+        "cowsay -- hello"
+      ]
     }
   },
   "nixpkgs": {
diff --git a/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.lock b/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.lock
index d541fc9968d..c49cafeb373 100644
--- a/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.lock
+++ b/examples/flakes/remote/devbox.lock
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 {
   "lockfile_version": "1",
   "packages": {
-    "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v1.122.0": {
-      "last_modified": "2026-08-17T22:53:14Z",
-      "resolved": "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/673850dd20683ef14b33890444ca3416d02c751c?lastModified=1787007194&narHash=sha256-zEhXgpQdg7WRJJPvhtK9zi4U6NJCDGKWjINlZ9m6I2A%3D"
-    },
     "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/f80ac848e3d6f0c12c52758c0f25c10c97ca3b62": {
       "last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
       "resolved": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/f80ac848e3d6f0c12c52758c0f25c10c97ca3b62"
     },
-    "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay": {
+    "github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake#hello": {
       "last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-      "resolved": "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay"
+      "resolved": "github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples%2Fflakes%2Fphp%2Fmy-php-flake#hello"
     },
-    "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello": {
+    "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay": {
       "last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-      "resolved": "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello"
+      "resolved": "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay"
     }
   }
 }