diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/global.go b/src/cmds/restic/global.go
index 8b4cdd81d..fdedeee9d 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/global.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/global.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
 	"restic/backend/local"
 	"restic/backend/rest"
 	"restic/backend/s3"
@@ -27,18 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 var version = "compiled manually"
 
-func parseEnvironment(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	repo := os.Getenv("RESTIC_REPOSITORY")
-	if repo != "" {
-		globalOptions.Repo = repo
-	}
-
-	pw := os.Getenv("RESTIC_PASSWORD")
-	if pw != "" {
-		globalOptions.password = pw
-	}
-}
-
 // GlobalOptions hold all global options for restic.
 type GlobalOptions struct {
 	Repo         string
@@ -57,8 +43,13 @@ var globalOptions = GlobalOptions{
 }
 
 func init() {
+	pw := os.Getenv("RESTIC_PASSWORD")
+	if pw != "" {
+		globalOptions.password = pw
+	}
+
 	f := cmdRoot.PersistentFlags()
-	f.StringVarP(&globalOptions.Repo, "repo", "r", "", "repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)")
+	f.StringVarP(&globalOptions.Repo, "repo", "r", os.Getenv("RESTIC_REPOSITORY"), "repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)")
 	f.StringVarP(&globalOptions.PasswordFile, "password-file", "p", "", "read the repository password from a file")
 	f.BoolVarP(&globalOptions.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "do not outputcomprehensive progress report")
 	f.BoolVar(&globalOptions.NoLock, "no-lock", false, "do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos")
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/main.go b/src/cmds/restic/main.go
index 2ad9ff260..fed711b9a 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/main.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/main.go
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ var cmdRoot = &cobra.Command{
 restic is a backup program which allows saving multiple revisions of files and
 directories in an encrypted repository stored on different backends.
 `,
-	SilenceErrors:    true,
-	SilenceUsage:     true,
-	PersistentPreRun: parseEnvironment,
+	SilenceErrors: true,
+	SilenceUsage:  true,
 }
 
 func init() {