diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d18e85a..3fa74b8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "name": "setono/deployer-dotenv",
-    "type": "library",
     "description": "Easily update your .env files when deploying",
     "license": "MIT",
+    "type": "library",
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Joachim Løvgaard",
@@ -20,14 +20,7 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
         "setono/code-quality-pack": "^2.1"
     },
-    "config": {
-        "sort-packages": true
-    },
-    "extra": {
-        "branch-alias": {
-            "dev-master": "1.1-dev"
-        }
-    },
+    "prefer-stable": true,
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Setono\\Deployer\\DotEnv\\": "src/"
@@ -41,7 +34,18 @@
             "Setono\\Deployer\\DotEnv\\": "tests/"
         }
     },
-    "prefer-stable": true,
+    "config": {
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "ergebnis/composer-normalize": true,
+            "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": false
+        },
+        "sort-packages": true
+    },
+    "extra": {
+        "branch-alias": {
+            "dev-master": "1.1-dev"
+        }
+    },
     "scripts": {
         "analyse": "psalm",
         "check-style": "ecs check",
diff --git a/src/task/dotenv.php b/src/task/dotenv.php
index 157dce9..a971611 100644
--- a/src/task/dotenv.php
+++ b/src/task/dotenv.php
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
         set('stage', 'prod');
     }
 
+    // this small trick will make sure the environment (i.e. for the console) is set to the expected environment
+    // when running commands before the generation of the .env.local.php is run
+    if (!test('[ -f {{release_path}}/.env.local ]')) {
+        run('echo "APP_ENV={{stage}}" > {{release_path}}/.env.local');
+    }
+
     if (has('previous_release') && test('[ -f {{previous_release}}/.env.{{stage}}.local ]')) {
         run('cp {{previous_release}}/.env.{{stage}}.local {{release_path}}');
     } else {