diff --git a/misskaty/vars.py b/misskaty/vars.py
index 3fd44aa7..c0666cd3 100644
--- a/misskaty/vars.py
+++ b/misskaty/vars.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from os import environ
 
 LOGGER = getLogger(__name__)
 
-load_dotenv("config.env", override=True)
+load_dotenv("config.env")
 
 def getConfig(name: str):
     try:
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 6fea930a..434aefd6 100644
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ try:
 except:
     pass
 
-load_dotenv("config.env")
+load_dotenv("config.env", override=True)
 
 UPSTREAM_REPO_URL = os.environ.get("UPSTREAM_REPO_URL", "")
 if len(UPSTREAM_REPO_URL) == 0: