diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 815c5d77..45729335 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (23.10.37) mantic; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix: ensure minimize-manual script uses passed in argument for all commands (LP: #2036198)
+
+ -- Philip Roche <phil.roche@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:58:23 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (23.10.36) mantic; urgency=medium
 
   * Since we restored the minimal layer, we also need to adjust all hook
diff --git a/minimize-manual b/minimize-manual
index 393ec2cb..eac75e95 100755
--- a/minimize-manual
+++ b/minimize-manual
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
-chroot=$1
+chroot_directory=$1
 
-auto_packages=$(/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/auto-markable-pkgs $chroot)
+auto_packages=$(/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/auto-markable-pkgs $chroot_directory)
 if [ -n "$auto_packages" ]; then
-	chroot chroot apt-mark auto $auto_packages
+	chroot $chroot_directory apt-mark auto $auto_packages
 fi
-[ -z "$(/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/auto-markable-pkgs $chroot 2> /dev/null)" ]
+[ -z "$(/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/auto-markable-pkgs $chroot_directory 2> /dev/null)" ]