diff --git a/core/cli/env.el b/core/cli/env.el
index 4751a4888..d144f63c4 100644
--- a/core/cli/env.el
+++ b/core/cli/env.el
@@ -108,6 +108,26 @@ default, on Linux, this is '$SHELL -ic /usr/bin/env'. Variables in
              (unless (string-empty-p errors)
                (print! (info "Error output:\n\n%s") (indent 4 errors))))
            ;; Remove undesireable variables
+           (insert
+            (concat
+             "# -*- mode: dotenv -*-\n"
+             (format "# Generated with: %s %s %s\n"
+                     shell-file-name
+                     doom-env-switches
+                     doom-env-executable)
+             "# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
+             "# This file was auto-generated by `doom env refresh'. It contains a list of\n"
+             "# environment variables scraped from your default shell (excluding variables\n"
+             "# blacklisted in doom-env-ignored-vars).\n"
+             "#\n"
+             "# It is NOT safe to edit this file. Changes will be overwritten next time that\n"
+             "# `doom env refresh` is executed. Alternatively, create your own env file and\n"
+             "# load it with `(doom-load-envvars-file FILE)`.\n"
+             "#\n"
+             "# To auto-regenerate this file when `doom reload` is run, use `doom env auto' or\n"
+             "# set DOOMENV=1 in your shell environment/config.\n"
+             "# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n"))
+           (goto-char (point-min))
            (while (re-search-forward "\n\\([^= \n]+\\)=" nil t)
              (save-excursion
                (let* ((valend (or (save-match-data
@@ -120,26 +140,6 @@ default, on Linux, this is '$SHELL -ic /usr/bin/env'. Variables in
                                 return t)
                    (print! (info "Ignoring %s") var)
                    (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (1- valend)))))))
-          (goto-char (point-min))
-          (insert
-           (concat
-            "# -*- mode: dotenv -*-\n"
-            (format "# Generated with: %s %s %s\n"
-                    shell-file-name
-                    doom-env-switches
-                    doom-env-executable)
-            "# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
-            "# This file was auto-generated by `doom env refresh'. It contains a list of\n"
-            "# environment variables scraped from your default shell (excluding variables\n"
-            "# blacklisted in doom-env-ignored-vars).\n"
-            "#\n"
-            "# It is NOT safe to edit this file. Changes will be overwritten next time that\n"
-            "# `doom env refresh` is executed. Alternatively, create your own env file and\n"
-            "# load it with `(doom-load-envvars-file FILE)`.\n"
-            "#\n"
-            "# To auto-regenerate this file when `doom reload` is run, use `doom env auto' or\n"
-            "# set DOOMENV=1 in your shell environment/config.\n"
-            "# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n"))
           (print! (success "Successfully generated %S")
                   (relpath doom-env-file doom-emacs-dir))
           t)))))