diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
index 9b586eded2..d0286e1a71 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use indexmap::{indexmap, IndexSet};
 use nu_protocol::{UntaggedValue, Value};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
 
 pub trait Env: Debug + Send {
     fn env(&self) -> Option<Value>;
@@ -44,6 +46,16 @@ impl Environment {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn add_nurc(&mut self) {
+        let key = "envtest";
+        let value = "I am here!";
+
+        let mut file = File::create("env.txt").unwrap();
+        write!(&mut file, "{:?}", "somedata").unwrap();
+
+        self.add_env(key, value);
+    }
+
     pub fn from_config<T: Conf>(configuration: &T) -> Environment {
         let env = configuration.env();
         let path = configuration.path();
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
index 852ccfa75c..50f644cf23 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ impl EnvironmentSyncer {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        environment.add_nurc();
     }
 
     pub fn sync_path_vars(&mut self, ctx: &mut Context) {