diff --git a/plugins/config/commands b/plugins/config/commands
index 2ec781ce2..31e4dae8b 100755
--- a/plugins/config/commands
+++ b/plugins/config/commands
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ is_config_export() {
 case "$1" in
   config)
     config_parse_args "$@"
-    config_create
+    config_create "$ENV_FILE"
     is_config_export "$@" && config_export "$DOKKU_CONFIG_TYPE" "$APP" && exit 0
 
     [[ "$APP" ]] && DOKKU_CONFIG_TYPE=$APP
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ case "$1" in
       exit 1
     fi
 
-    config_create
+    config_create "$ENV_FILE"
     if [[ ! -s $ENV_FILE ]] ; then
       exit 0
     fi
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ case "$1" in
       exit 1
     fi
 
-    config_create
+    config_create "$ENV_FILE"
     ENV_ADD=""
     ENV_TEMP=$(cat "${ENV_FILE}")
     RESTART_APP=false
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ ${var}"
       exit 1
     fi
 
-    config_create
+    config_create "$ENV_FILE"
     ENV_TEMP=$(cat "${ENV_FILE}")
     VARS="${*:3}"