diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index bdc753ffe8..0149484177 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ fi
 local bbl_state_dir=../app-autoscaler-env-bbl-state/bbl-state
 if has bbl && [[ -d "$bbl_state_dir" ]]
 then
-    eval "$(bbl print-env --state-dir "$bbl_state_dir")"
+    BBL_STATE_DIRECTORY="$(realpath "$bbl_state_dir")"
+    export BBL_STATE_DIRECTORY
+    eval "$(bbl print-env)"
 fi
 
 export DBURL="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost/autoscaler"