diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv.rs
index f8ec280f80..8d15b9770c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use nu_errors::ShellError;
-use nu_protocol::{ReturnSuccess, UntaggedValue, Signature};
+use nu_protocol::{ReturnSuccess, Signature, UntaggedValue};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ pub struct Autoenv;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Allowed {
-    pub dirs: IndexMap<String, String>,
+    pub files: IndexMap<String, String>,
+}
+impl Allowed {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Allowed {
+            files: IndexMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 #[async_trait]
 impl WholeStreamCommand for Autoenv {
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Autoenv {
         vec![Example {
             description: "Allow .nu-env file in current directory",
             example: "autoenv trust",
-            result: None
+            result: None,
         }]
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_trust.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_trust.rs
index 9c37c86192..5153ed2d39 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_trust.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_trust.rs
@@ -69,14 +69,12 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for AutoenvTrust {
         let mut doc = String::new();
         file.read_to_string(&mut doc)?;
 
-        let mut allowed: Allowed = toml::from_str(doc.as_str()).unwrap_or_else(|_| Allowed {
-            dirs: IndexMap::new(),
-        });
+        let mut allowed: Allowed = toml::from_str(doc.as_str()).unwrap_or_else(|_| Allowed::new());
 
-        let file_to_allow = file_to_trust.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        let file_to_untrust = file_to_trust.to_string_lossy().to_string();
         allowed
-            .dirs
-            .insert(file_to_allow, hasher.finish().to_string());
+            .files
+            .insert(file_to_untrust, hasher.finish().to_string());
 
         fs::write(config_path, toml::to_string(&allowed).unwrap())
             .expect("Couldn't write to toml file");
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_untrust.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_untrust.rs
index 139bf22811..13446041ff 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_untrust.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/autoenv_untrust.rs
@@ -30,13 +30,22 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for AutoenvUnTrust {
     ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
 
         let tag = args.call_info.name_tag.clone();
-        let dir_to_untrust = match args.call_info.evaluate(registry).await?.args.nth(0) {
+        let file_to_untrust = match args.call_info.evaluate(registry).await?.args.nth(0) {
             Some(Value {
                 value: UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::String(ref path)),
                 tag: _,
-            }) => path.clone(),
-            _ => std::env::current_dir()?.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+            }) => {
+                let mut dir = crate::path::absolutize(std::env::current_dir()?, path);
+                dir.push(".nu-env");
+                dir
+            }
+            _ => {
+                let mut dir = std::env::current_dir()?;
+                dir.push(".nu-env");
+                dir
+            }
         };
+
         let config_path = config::default_path_for(&Some(PathBuf::from("nu-env.toml")))?;
 
         let mut file = match std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
@@ -53,10 +62,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for AutoenvUnTrust {
         let mut doc = String::new();
         file.read_to_string(&mut doc)?;
 
-        let mut allowed: Allowed = toml::from_str(doc.as_str()).unwrap_or_else(|_| Allowed {
-            dirs: IndexMap::new(),
-        });
-        allowed.dirs.remove(&dir_to_untrust);
+        let mut allowed: Allowed = toml::from_str(doc.as_str()).unwrap_or_else(|_| Allowed::new());
+
+
+        let file_to_untrust = file_to_untrust.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        allowed.files.remove(&file_to_untrust);
 
         fs::write(config_path, toml::to_string(&allowed).unwrap())
             .expect("Couldn't write to toml file");