diff --git a/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh b/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh
index cc08e6b5e..271be98a0 100755
--- a/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh
+++ b/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@ function generateEnvFile {
   export ENV_FILE="${ZITI_HOME-}/${ZITI_NETWORK-}.env"
 
   echo -e "environment file created and sourced from: $(BLUE "${ENV_FILE}")"
-  # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-  source "${ENV_FILE}"
 }
 
 function ziti_expressConfiguration {
@@ -1177,7 +1175,7 @@ function ziti_createEnvFile {
   echo "export PFXLOG_NO_JSON=true" >> "${ENV_FILE}"
 
   echo "alias zec='ziti edge'" >> "${ENV_FILE}"
-  echo "alias zlogin='ziti edge login \"${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_API}\" -u \"${ZITI_USER-}\" -p \"${ZITI_PWD}\" -c \"${ZITI_PKI}/${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_INTERMEDIATE_NAME}/certs/${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_INTERMEDIATE_NAME}.cert\"'" >> "${ENV_FILE}"
+  echo "alias zlogin='ziti edge login \"\${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_API}\" -u \"\${ZITI_USER-}\" -p \"\${ZITI_PWD}\" -c \"\${ZITI_PKI}/\${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_INTERMEDIATE_NAME}/certs/\${ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_INTERMEDIATE_NAME}.cert\"'" >> "${ENV_FILE}"
   echo "alias psz='ps -ef | grep ziti'" >> "${ENV_FILE}"
 
   #when sourcing the emitted file add the bin folder to the path