diff --git a/cmd/build.go b/cmd/build.go
index b92c8cfa802bc0f8a662bbaec79b7fe1f9343f3d..3f26ed0d15f8c8b0a77f1886a7f0e0ba21c2f46c 100644
--- a/cmd/build.go
+++ b/cmd/build.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "build",
 	Short: "build the application",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		environment.EvalDockerEnv()
+
 		err := environment.Run(true, "minikube", "status")
 		if err != nil {
 			color.Red("Minikube is not started... run `devtool start` first.")
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ func buildDockerAndDeploy(config config.Config) error {
 		dockerTag := image + ":" + tag.String()
 
 		color.New(color.FgGreen).PrintFunc()("Building %s", dockerTag)
-		err = environment.Run(true, "docker", "build", "-t", dockerTag, dockerfile)
+		err = environment.Run(true, "docker", "build", "-t", dockerTag, "-f", dockerfile, ".")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}