diff --git a/src/const/options.json b/src/const/options.json
index 6d23bcad409d2c7c0bb3d8fd075d6a72b4d81b17..4e80c4b484912a185dacc7d65a35a73adc33ac5c 100644
--- a/src/const/options.json
+++ b/src/const/options.json
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
       "help": "Detect and apply all settings from .env to profile"
     },
     "formatProfile": {
-      "name": "format",
+      "name": "formatProfile",
       "type": "bool",
       "help": "Clear all settings from profile before applying from .env"
     },
diff --git a/src/lib/profile.js b/src/lib/profile.js
index b525dbbb1b0dcfed493ffe7234f780d5317795c9..707309bd77d2a364d138d0da2786f1958689fcc1 100644
--- a/src/lib/profile.js
+++ b/src/lib/profile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { writeFile } from "fs";
-import { readFile, unlink } from "fs/promises";
+// import { writeFile } from "fs";
+import { readFile, unlink, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { resolve } from "path";
 import { findProfile } from "../bin/populate_mongo.js";
 const TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY = "TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY";
@@ -64,8 +64,18 @@ const TWEET_KEYS = [
   TWEET_DEPTH,
   TWEET_TRIM_NAME,
 ];
-const OLD_TWITTER_KEYS = ["CONSUMER_KEY", "CONSUMER_SECRET", "ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY", "ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"];
-const OLD_MASTODON_KEYS = ["CLIENT_KEY", "CLIENT_SECRET", "ACCESS_TOKEN", "MASTODON_URL"];
+const OLD_TWITTER_KEYS = [
+  "CONSUMER_KEY",
+  "CONSUMER_SECRET",
+  "ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY",
+  "ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"
+];
+const OLD_MASTODON_KEYS = [
+  "CLIENT_KEY",
+  "CLIENT_SECRET",
+  "ACCESS_TOKEN",
+  "MASTODON_URL"
+];
 
 const FRAME_KEYS = [INTERVAL];
 function setToProfile(a, b, keys) {
diff --git a/src/profile.js b/src/profile.js
index 6484ab8e7d8254361e71ecfd0d339de46b61060a..45399b4444a08c60d9f6bf22df86da12299058b1 100644
--- a/src/profile.js
+++ b/src/profile.js
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ const options = [
     }
   }
 
-  // save the profile locally if it was fetched
+  // save profile to local and return if download requested
   if (foundProfile && opts.download) {
     await saveProfile(location, opts.name, profile);
     console.log('saved profile to ' + location);
+    return;
   }
 
   if (foundProfile && opts.formatProfile) {
@@ -90,10 +91,12 @@ const options = [
     console.log('cleared profile settings');
   }
 
-  const source = detectSourceSetting(profile);
+  // expect to have a profile at this point
+  // proceed to apply settings FROM .env TO profile
+
+  const source = detectSourceSetting();
   if (!source) {
     console.error('Unable to detect "SOURCE" setting in .env');
-    console.error(profile);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -102,20 +105,18 @@ const options = [
   } else if (source === "S3") {
     await updateS3Settings(location, profile);
   } else {
-    console.error(`Invalid "SOURCE" value in profile: "${source}"`);
-    console.error(profile);
+    console.error(`Invalid "SOURCE": "${source}"`);
     return;
   }
 
-  const socials = detectSocialSetting(profile);
+  const socials = detectSocialSetting();
   if (!socials) {
-    console.error('Unable to detect "SOCIAL" setting in profile');
-    console.error(profile);
+    console.error('Unable to detect "SOCIAL" setting in .env');
     return;
   }
   await updateSocialSettings(location, profile);
 
-  const folder = detectFolderSetting(profile);
+  const folder = detectFolderSetting();
   if (!folder) {
     console.error('Unable to detect "FOLDER" setting in profile');
     console.error(profile);
@@ -135,5 +136,8 @@ const options = [
 
   if (opts.sync) {
     await syncProfile(profile);
+  } else {
+    await saveProfile(location, opts.name, profile);
+    console.log(`Updated profile at ${location}`);
   }
 })();