# Read env on kibana load **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 14, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-env-on-kibana-load/195239 "2019-08-14T16:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ali\_Muhammad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ali_muhammad/32/43530_2.png) [@Ali\_Muhammad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ali_Muhammad)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-env-on-kibana-load/195239/1 "2019-08-14T16:14:13Z")
Hi. In continuation to [post](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-config-env-variable-inside-kibana-plugin/167643/9), i have another question. There are a bunch of redirects that we hit on kibana load using hack.js file. In order to read env at this level the method using `injectUiAppVars` doesn't work since plugin hasn't been accessed yet. This makes either angular service or `chrome.getInjected` return null. Is there a way to pass these vars, either through **kibana.yml** or `process.env['OLDPWD']` to hack.js file. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![christophilus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christophilus/32/42991_2.png) [@christophilus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christophilus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-env-on-kibana-load/195239/2 "2019-08-23T19:10:05Z")
In my opinion, there's no reason you can't use `process.env`. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-env-on-kibana-load/195239/3 "2019-09-20T19:19:59Z")
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