diff --git a/internal/discover/hooks.go b/internal/discover/hooks.go
index f8aeea44..708260e1 100644
--- a/internal/discover/hooks.go
+++ b/internal/discover/hooks.go
@@ -39,22 +39,24 @@ func CreateNvidiaCTKHook(executable string, hookName string, additionalArgs ...s
 }
 
 // FindNvidiaCTK locates the nvidia-ctk executable to be used in hooks.
-// If an override is specified, this is used instead.
-func FindNvidiaCTK(logger *logrus.Logger, override string) string {
-	if override != "" {
-		logger.Debugf("Using specified NVIDIA Container Toolkit CLI path %v", override)
-		return override
+// If an nvidia-ctk path is specified as an absolute path, it is used directly
+// without checking for existence of an executable at that path.
+func FindNvidiaCTK(logger *logrus.Logger, nvidiaCTKPath string) string {
+	if filepath.IsAbs(nvidiaCTKPath) {
+		logger.Debugf("Using specified NVIDIA Container Toolkit CLI path %v", nvidiaCTKPath)
+		return nvidiaCTKPath
 	}
 
+	logger.Debugf("Locating NVIDIA Container Toolkit CLI as %v", nvidiaCTKPath)
 	lookup := lookup.NewExecutableLocator(logger, "")
 	hookPath := nvidiaCTKDefaultFilePath
-	targets, err := lookup.Locate(nvidiaCTKExecutable)
+	targets, err := lookup.Locate(nvidiaCTKPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Warnf("Failed to locate %v: %v", nvidiaCTKExecutable, err)
+		logger.Warnf("Failed to locate %v: %v", nvidiaCTKPath, err)
 	} else if len(targets) == 0 {
-		logger.Warnf("%v not found", nvidiaCTKExecutable)
+		logger.Warnf("%v not found", nvidiaCTKPath)
 	} else {
-		logger.Debugf("Found %v candidates: %v", nvidiaCTKExecutable, targets)
+		logger.Debugf("Found %v candidates: %v", nvidiaCTKPath, targets)
 		hookPath = targets[0]
 	}
 	logger.Debugf("Using NVIDIA Container Toolkit CLI path %v", hookPath)
diff --git a/internal/discover/ldconfig.go b/internal/discover/ldconfig.go
index 83f26b36..e56f605a 100644
--- a/internal/discover/ldconfig.go
+++ b/internal/discover/ldconfig.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/lookup"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -29,9 +28,8 @@ import (
 func NewLDCacheUpdateHook(logger *logrus.Logger, mounts Discover, cfg *Config) (Discover, error) {
 	d := ldconfig{
 		logger:        logger,
+		nvidiaCTKPath: FindNvidiaCTK(logger, cfg.NvidiaCTKPath),
 		mountsFrom:    mounts,
-		lookup:        lookup.NewExecutableLocator(logger, cfg.Root),
-		nvidiaCTKPath: cfg.NvidiaCTKPath,
 	}
 
 	return &d, nil
@@ -40,9 +38,8 @@ func NewLDCacheUpdateHook(logger *logrus.Logger, mounts Discover, cfg *Config) (
 type ldconfig struct {
 	None
 	logger        *logrus.Logger
-	mountsFrom    Discover
-	lookup        lookup.Locator
 	nvidiaCTKPath string
+	mountsFrom    Discover
 }
 
 // Hooks checks the required mounts for libraries and returns a hook to update the LDcache for the discovered paths.
diff --git a/internal/edits/edits.go b/internal/edits/edits.go
index 96d40c60..425e01a8 100644
--- a/internal/edits/edits.go
+++ b/internal/edits/edits.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (e *edits) Modify(spec *ociSpecs.Spec) error {
 	}
 	e.logger.Infof("Hooks:")
 	for _, hook := range e.Hooks {
-		e.logger.Infof("Injecting %v", hook.Args)
+		e.logger.Infof("Injecting %v %v", hook.Path, hook.Args)
 	}
 
 	return e.Apply(spec)