diff --git a/src/util/config/config.cpp b/src/util/config/config.cpp
index 7f002dc63..602135fbd 100644
--- a/src/util/config/config.cpp
+++ b/src/util/config/config.cpp
@@ -1501,6 +1501,8 @@ namespace dxvk {
     }
 
     if (!confLine.empty()) {
+      ctx.active = true;
+
       // Inform the user that we parsing config from environment, might
       // help when debugging configuration issues
       Logger::info(str::format("Found config env: ", confLine));