diff --git a/cmd/slugcmplr/release.go b/cmd/slugcmplr/release.go
index 20aea2b1..394d462b 100644
--- a/cmd/slugcmplr/release.go
+++ b/cmd/slugcmplr/release.go
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@ func releaseCmd(verbose bool) *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode release data: %w", err)
 			}
 
-			if application == "" {
-				application = r.Application
+			if application != "" {
+				r.Application = application
 			}
 
-			log(out, "application: %v", application)
+			log(out, "application: %v", r.Application)
 			log(out, "slug: %v", r.Slug)
 
 			step(out, "Releasing slug %v to %v", r.Slug, r.Application)
 
 			releaseCmd := &slugcmplr.ReleaseCmd{
 				Heroku:      h,
-				Application: application,
+				Application: r.Application,
 				SlugID:      r.Slug,
 				Commit:      r.Commit,
 			}
diff --git a/shared.go b/shared.go
index f7058fd7..8dc2f215 100644
--- a/shared.go
+++ b/shared.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
 	git "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"