diff --git a/cista/__main__.py b/cista/__main__.py
index 3234de6..5822d15 100644
--- a/cista/__main__.py
+++ b/cista/__main__.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def _confdir(args):
                 raise ValueError("Config path is not a directory")
             # Accidentally pointed to the db.toml, use parent
             confdir = confdir.parent
-            os.environ["CISTA_HOME"] = confdir.as_posix()
+        os.environ["CISTA_HOME"] = confdir.as_posix()
     config.init_confdir()  # Uses environ if available