diff --git a/docs/activegraph.rb b/docs/activegraph.rb
index 943836eb3..f49c5fc98 100644
--- a/docs/activegraph.rb
+++ b/docs/activegraph.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Usage: rails new myapp -m activegraph.rb
 
-gem 'activegraph', '>= 11.1'
+gem 'activegraph', ENV[ACTIVEGRAPH_PATH]&.then { |path| { path: } } || '>= 11.1'
 
 gem_group :development do
   gem 'neo4j-rake_tasks'
diff --git a/e2e_tests/setup.sh b/e2e_tests/setup.sh
index 0fe70e57b..5d7b9044f 100755
--- a/e2e_tests/setup.sh
+++ b/e2e_tests/setup.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 rm -r ./myapp
 gem install rails -v $ACTIVE_MODEL_VERSION --no-document
 
-sed 's|.*gem '"'"'activegraph'"'"'.*|gem '"'"'activegraph'"'"', path: '"'"'../'"'"'|' docs/activegraph.rb > template.tmp
-
-rails \_$ACTIVE_MODEL_VERSION\_ new myapp -O -m ./template.tmp
-rm -f ./template.tmp
+env ACTIVEGRAPH_PATH=.. rails _${ACTIVE_MODEL_VERSION}_ new myapp -O -m docs/activegraph.rb
 cd myapp
 
 if [[ -n "$E2E_PORT" ]]