diff --git a/src/init/starship.nu b/src/init/starship.nu
index 0601e18065cd..762569a33a21 100644
--- a/src/init/starship.nu
+++ b/src/init/starship.nu
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # - overlay which can be loaded with `overlay use starship.nu`
 # - module which can be used with `use starship.nu`
 # - script which can be used with `source starship.nu`
-export-env { load-env {
-    STARSHIP_SHELL: "nu"
+export-env { $env.STARSHIP_SHELL = "nu"; load-env {
     STARSHIP_SESSION_KEY: (random chars -l 16)
     PROMPT_MULTILINE_INDICATOR: (
         ^::STARSHIP:: prompt --continuation