diff --git a/e2e/cli/test_use b/e2e/cli/test_use
index d1abcc7a35..c5d6a808d3 100644
--- a/e2e/cli/test_use
+++ b/e2e/cli/test_use
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ dummy = "2"'
 assert "mise current dummy" "2.0.0"
 rm mise.local.toml
 
+assert_contains "mise use --env local dummy@1" "dummy@1."
+assert "cat mise.local.toml" '[tools]
+dummy = "1"'
+mv mise.local.toml .mise.local.toml
+assert_contains "mise use --env local dummy@2" "dummy@2."
+assert_fail "test -f mise.local.toml"
+assert "cat .mise.local.toml" '[tools]
+dummy = "2"'
+rm .mise.local.toml
+
 mise use dummy@1 dummy@2
 assert "mise current dummy" "1.0.0 2.0.0"
 
@@ -75,3 +85,8 @@ assert_contains "mise ls dummy" "dummy  path:~/workdir/mydummy  ~/workdir/mise.t
 
 cd "$HOME" || exit 1
 assert_contains "mise use dummy@system" "mise ~/.config/mise/config.toml tools: dummy@system"
+
+assert_contains "mise use --path mise.path.toml dummy@1" "dummy@1."
+assert "cat mise.path.toml" '[tools]
+dummy = "1"'
+rm mise.path.toml
diff --git a/src/cli/use.rs b/src/cli/use.rs
index 129b15f546..da31deff0c 100644
--- a/src/cli/use.rs
+++ b/src/cli/use.rs
@@ -195,11 +195,13 @@ impl Use {
 
     fn get_config_file(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn ConfigFile>> {
         let cwd = env::current_dir()?;
-        let path = if !env::MISE_ENV.is_empty() {
-            let env = env::MISE_ENV.last().unwrap();
-            config_file_from_dir(&cwd.join(format!("mise.{env}.toml")))
-        } else if self.global || env::in_home_dir() {
-            MISE_GLOBAL_CONFIG_FILE.clone()
+        let path = if let Some(p) = &self.path {
+            let from_dir = config_file_from_dir(p).absolutize()?.to_path_buf();
+            if from_dir.starts_with(&cwd) {
+                from_dir
+            } else {
+                p.clone()
+            }
         } else if let Some(env) = &self.env {
             let p = cwd.join(format!(".mise.{env}.toml"));
             if p.exists() {
@@ -207,13 +209,11 @@ impl Use {
             } else {
                 cwd.join(format!("mise.{env}.toml"))
             }
-        } else if let Some(p) = &self.path {
-            let from_dir = config_file_from_dir(p).absolutize()?.to_path_buf();
-            if from_dir.starts_with(&cwd) {
-                from_dir
-            } else {
-                p.clone()
-            }
+        } else if !env::MISE_ENV.is_empty() {
+            let env = env::MISE_ENV.last().unwrap();
+            config_file_from_dir(&cwd.join(format!("mise.{env}.toml")))
+        } else if self.global || env::in_home_dir() {
+            MISE_GLOBAL_CONFIG_FILE.clone()
         } else {
             config_file_from_dir(&cwd)
         };