diff --git a/src/migratus/cli.clj b/src/migratus/cli.clj
index c8e40e9..dc6e81f 100644
--- a/src/migratus/cli.clj
+++ b/src/migratus/cli.clj
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
    Looks and processes the following env vars:
 
    - MIGRATUS_CONFIG - read string as edn and return config.
-     Do not process any other migratus env var.
 
    - MIGRATUS_STORE - apply clojure.core/keyword fn to value
    - MIGRATUS_MIGRATION_DIR - expect string, use as is
@@ -72,22 +71,21 @@
   ([]
    (env->config! (System/getenv)))
   ([env]
-   (let [config (get env "MIGRATUS_CONFIG")]
-     (if config
-       (edn/read-string config)
-       ;; we don't have MIGRATUS_CONFIG - check the other vars
-       (let [store (get env "MIGRATUS_STORE")
-             migration-dir (get env "MIGRATUS_MIGRATION_DIR")
-             table (get env "MIGRATUS_TABLE_NAME")
-             init-in-transaction (get env "MIGRATUS_INIT_IN_TRANSACTION")
-             db (get env "MIGRATUS_DB_SPEC")]
-         (cond-> {}
-           store (assoc :store (keyword store))
-           migration-dir (assoc :migration-dir migration-dir)
-           table (assoc :migration-table-name table)
-           init-in-transaction (assoc :init-in-transaction
-                                      (my-parse-boolean init-in-transaction))
-           db (assoc :db (edn/read-string db))))))))
+   (let [config (get env "MIGRATUS_CONFIG")
+         ;; parse config from env
+         config (if config (edn/read-string config) {})
+         store (get env "MIGRATUS_STORE")
+         migration-dir (get env "MIGRATUS_MIGRATION_DIR")
+         table (get env "MIGRATUS_TABLE_NAME")
+         init-in-transaction (get env "MIGRATUS_INIT_IN_TRANSACTION")
+         db (get env "MIGRATUS_DB_SPEC")]
+     (cond-> config
+       store (assoc :store (keyword store))
+       migration-dir (assoc :migration-dir migration-dir)
+       table (assoc :migration-table-name table)
+       init-in-transaction (assoc :init-in-transaction
+                                  (my-parse-boolean init-in-transaction))
+       db (assoc :db (edn/read-string db))))))
 
 (defn cli-args->config
   "Parse any migratus configuration options from cli args.
diff --git a/test/migratus/test/cli_test.clj b/test/migratus/test/cli_test.clj
index 9fd0802..b840382 100644
--- a/test/migratus/test/cli_test.clj
+++ b/test/migratus/test/cli_test.clj
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
     (let [env (doto (HashMap.)
                 (.put "MIGRATUS_CONFIG" "{:store :database :migration-dir \"my-migrations\"}")
                 (.put "MIGRATUS_DB_SPEC"
-                      "{:jdbcUrl \"config-whould-be-ignored\"}"))
+                      "{:jdbcUrl \"config-could-be-ignored\"}"))
           config (cli/env->config! env)]
       (is (= {:store :database
-              :migration-dir "my-migrations"}
+              :migration-dir "my-migrations"
+              :db {:jdbcUrl "config-could-be-ignored"}}
              config))))
 
   (testing "Test load config from env - empty when no env vars present"