diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8aa7d9c..55e5dac 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 2.1.3 (not yet released)
 
+- #43 `triton profile ...` doesn't use the profile from `TRITON_PROFILE` envvar
+
 ## 2.1.2
 
 - #41 Add compatibility with ed25519 keys in ssh-agent
diff --git a/lib/do_profile.js b/lib/do_profile.js
index 437d4ab..0b27cb0 100644
--- a/lib/do_profile.js
+++ b/lib/do_profile.js
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ function _addProfile(opts, cb) {
     assert.optionalString(opts.file, 'opts.file');
     assert.func(cb, 'cb');
     var cli = opts.cli;
+    var log = cli.log;
 
     var context;
     var data;
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ function _addProfile(opts, cb) {
                 try {
                     data = JSON.parse(stdin);
                 } catch (err) {
+                    log.trace({stdin: stdin}, 'invalid profile JSON on stdin');
                     return next(new errors.TritonError(
                         format('invalid profile JSON on stdin: %s', err)));
                 }
@@ -513,7 +515,7 @@ function do_profile(subcmd, opts, args, cb) {
     case 'show':
         _showProfile({
             cli: this,
-            name: args[0] || this.tritonapi.config.profile,
+            name: args[0] || this.tritonapi.profile.name,
             json: opts.json
         }, cb);
         break;
@@ -523,13 +525,13 @@ function do_profile(subcmd, opts, args, cb) {
     case 'edit':
         _editProfile({
             cli: this,
-            name: args[0] || this.tritonapi.config.profile
+            name: args[0] || this.tritonapi.profile.name
         }, cb);
         break;
     case 'delete':
         _deleteProfile({
             cli: this,
-            name: args[0] || this.tritonapi.config.profile,
+            name: args[0],
             force: Boolean(opts.force)
         }, cb);
         break;