1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiLcat.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiLcat.pm
index 8d89cb73..7ed191c3 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiLcat.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiLcat.pm
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ sub _stdin { # PublicInbox::InputPipe::consume callback for --stdin
          return $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr} .= $_[1] if $_[1] ne '';
          eval {
                  $lei->fchdir;
+                local %ENV = %{$lei->{env}};
+                local $PublicInbox::LEI::current_lei = $lei;
                  my @argv = split(/\s+/, $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr});
                  $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr} = extract_all($lei, @argv) or return;
                  $lei->_start_query;