diff --git a/lib/kamal/cli/base.rb b/lib/kamal/cli/base.rb
index e648281f..0710c088 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/cli/base.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/cli/base.rb
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ module Kamal::Cli
     def initialize(*)
       super
       @original_env = ENV.to_h.dup
-      load_envs
+      load_env
       initialize_commander(options_with_subcommand_class_options)
     end
 
     private
-      def load_envs
+      def reload_env
+        reset_env
+        load_env
+      end
+
+      def load_env
         if destination = options[:destination]
           Dotenv.load(".env.#{destination}", ".env")
         else
@@ -38,10 +43,27 @@ module Kamal::Cli
         end
       end
 
-      def reload_envs
+      def reset_env
+        replace_env @original_env
+      end
+
+      def replace_env(env)
         ENV.clear
-        ENV.update(@original_env)
-        load_envs
+        ENV.update(env)
+      end
+
+      def with_original_env
+        keeping_current_env do
+          reset_env
+          yield
+        end
+      end
+
+      def keeping_current_env
+        current_env = ENV.to_h.dup
+        yield
+      ensure
+        replace_env(current_env)
       end
 
       def options_with_subcommand_class_options
diff --git a/lib/kamal/cli/main.rb b/lib/kamal/cli/main.rb
index 7f35da95..598d6c42 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/cli/main.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/cli/main.rb
@@ -191,10 +191,12 @@ class Kamal::Cli::Main < Kamal::Cli::Base
     end
 
     if Pathname.new(File.expand_path(env_template_path)).exist?
-      File.write(env_path, ERB.new(File.read(env_template_path), trim_mode: "-").result, perm: 0600)
+      # Ensure existing env doesn't pollute template evaluation
+      content = with_original_env { ERB.new(File.read(env_template_path), trim_mode: "-").result }
+      File.write(env_path, content, perm: 0600)
 
       unless options[:skip_push]
-        reload_envs
+        reload_env
         invoke "kamal:cli:env:push", options
       end
     else
diff --git a/test/cli/main_test.rb b/test/cli/main_test.rb
index 4db97aaf..6436947c 100644
--- a/test/cli/main_test.rb
+++ b/test/cli/main_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require_relative "cli_test_case"
 
 class CliMainTest < CliTestCase
+  setup { @original_env = ENV.to_h.dup }
+  teardown { ENV.clear; ENV.update @original_env }
+
   test "setup" do
     invoke_options = { "config_file" => "test/fixtures/deploy_simple.yml", "version" => "999", "skip_hooks" => false }
 
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ class CliMainTest < CliTestCase
   end
 
   test "envify" do
-    with_test_dot_env_erb(contents: "HELLO=<%= 'world' %>") do
+    with_test_dotenv(".env.erb": "HELLO=<%= 'world' %>") do
       run_command("envify")
       assert_equal("HELLO=world", File.read(".env"))
     end
@@ -448,14 +451,14 @@ class CliMainTest < CliTestCase
       <% end -%>
     EOF
 
-    with_test_dot_env_erb(contents: file) do
+    with_test_dotenv(".env.erb": file) do
       run_command("envify")
       assert_equal("HELLO=world\nKEY=value\n", File.read(".env"))
     end
   end
 
   test "envify with destination" do
-    with_test_dot_env_erb(contents: "HELLO=<%= 'world' %>", file: ".env.world.erb") do
+    with_test_dotenv(".env.world.erb": "HELLO=<%= 'world' %>") do
       run_command("envify", "-d", "world", config_file: "deploy_for_dest")
       assert_equal "HELLO=world", File.read(".env.world")
     end
@@ -470,6 +473,13 @@ class CliMainTest < CliTestCase
     run_command("envify", "--skip-push")
   end
 
+  test "envify with clean env" do
+    with_test_dotenv(".env": "HELLO=already", ".env.erb": "HELLO=<%= ENV.fetch 'HELLO', 'never' %>") do
+      run_command("envify", "--skip-push")
+      assert_equal "HELLO=never", File.read(".env")
+    end
+  end
+
   test "remove with confirmation" do
     run_command("remove", "-y", config_file: "deploy_with_accessories").tap do |output|
       assert_match /docker container stop traefik/, output
@@ -522,14 +532,16 @@ class CliMainTest < CliTestCase
       stdouted { Kamal::Cli::Main.start([ *command, "-c", "test/fixtures/#{config_file}.yml" ]) }
     end
 
-    def with_test_dot_env_erb(contents:, file: ".env.erb")
+    def with_test_dotenv(**files)
       Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
         fixtures_dup = File.join(dir, "test")
         FileUtils.mkdir_p(fixtures_dup)
         FileUtils.cp_r("test/fixtures/", fixtures_dup)
 
         Dir.chdir(dir) do
-          File.write(file, contents)
+          files.each do |filename, contents|
+            File.binwrite(filename.to_s, contents)
+          end
           yield
         end
       end