diff --git a/kbatch/kbatch/_core.py b/kbatch/kbatch/_core.py
index da69b7e..2a33aeb 100644
--- a/kbatch/kbatch/_core.py
+++ b/kbatch/kbatch/_core.py
@@ -386,4 +386,4 @@ def _prep_job_data(
     if profile:
         profile = load_profile(profile, kbatch_url)
 
-    return data
+    return data, profile
diff --git a/kbatch/kbatch/cli.py b/kbatch/kbatch/cli.py
index 403d77d..0ca05a7 100644
--- a/kbatch/kbatch/cli.py
+++ b/kbatch/kbatch/cli.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def submit_cronjob(
     Submit a CronJob to run on Kubernetes.
     """
 
-    data = _core._prep_job_data(
+    data, profile = _core._prep_job_data(
         file,
         code,
         name,
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def submit_job(
     Submit a job to run on Kubernetes.
     """
 
-    data = _core._prep_job_data(
+    data, profile = _core._prep_job_data(
         file,
         code,
         name,