diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d4524a9..0f35738 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "zzapi",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "zzapi",
-      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "version": "1.2.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "got": "11.8.6",
diff --git a/src/variableParser.ts b/src/variableParser.ts
index 53a619d..55ca354 100644
--- a/src/variableParser.ts
+++ b/src/variableParser.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function getBundleVariables(doc: string | undefined): Variables {
   const error = checkVariables(variables);
   if (error !== undefined) throw new Error(`error in variables: ${error}`);
 
-  return variables;
+  return replaceProcessEnvVars(variables);
 }
 
 export function getEnvironments(bundleContent: string | undefined, varFileContents: string[]): string[] {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function loadVariables(
   varFileContents.forEach((fileContents) => {
     const parsedData = YAML.parse(fileContents);
     if (parsedData && isDict(parsedData[envName])) {
-      Object.assign(envVars, parsedData[envName]);
+      Object.assign(envVars, replaceProcessEnvVars(parsedData[envName]));
     }
   });