diff --git a/src/util/config/config.cpp b/src/util/config/config.cpp
index f9af6092b..713f914d4 100644
--- a/src/util/config/config.cpp
+++ b/src/util/config/config.cpp
@@ -1496,6 +1496,8 @@ 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));