diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d63489b..1b13999 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ func wskPropertySet(apihost, auth string) error {
 }
 
 func runNuv(baseDir string, args []string) error {
-	localFolder := os.Getenv("NUV_PWD")
-
 	err := Nuv(baseDir, args[1:])
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ func runNuv(baseDir string, args []string) error {
 	var taskNotFoundErr *TaskNotFoundErr
 	if errors.As(err, &taskNotFoundErr) {
 		trace("task not found, looking for plugin:", args[1])
-		plgDir, err := findTaskInPlugins(localFolder, args[1])
+		plgDir, err := findTaskInPlugins(args[1])
 		if err != nil {
 			return taskNotFoundErr
 		}
@@ -317,8 +315,7 @@ func setupNuvPwd() {
 }
 
 func buildConfigMap(nuvRootPath string, configPath string) (*config.ConfigMap, error) {
-	localDir := os.Getenv("NUV_PWD")
-	plgNuvRootMap, err := GetNuvRootPlugins(localDir)
+	plgNuvRootMap, err := GetNuvRootPlugins()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/nuv.go b/nuv.go
index 89a8cf0..bb23917 100644
--- a/nuv.go
+++ b/nuv.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func Nuv(base string, args []string) error {
 		err := help()
 		if !isSubCmd {
 			fmt.Println()
-			return printPluginsHelp(parent(base))
+			return printPluginsHelp()
 		}
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 285ae7b..5ae1202 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ func checkGitRepo(url string) (bool, string) {
 	return false, ""
 }
 
-func printPluginsHelp(localDir string) error {
-	plgs, err := newPlugins(localDir)
+func printPluginsHelp() error {
+	plgs, err := newPlugins()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ func printPluginsHelp(localDir string) error {
 // If the same plugin is found in both folders, the one in the local folder
 // is used.
 // Useful to build the config map including the plugin configs
-func GetNuvRootPlugins(localDir string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	plgs, err := newPlugins(localDir)
+func GetNuvRootPlugins() (map[string]string, error) {
+	plgs, err := newPlugins()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ func GetNuvRootPlugins(localDir string) (map[string]string, error) {
 
 // findTaskInPlugins returns the path to the plugin containing the task
 // or an error if the task is not found
-func findTaskInPlugins(localDir string, plg string) (string, error) {
-	plgs, err := newPlugins(localDir)
+func findTaskInPlugins(plg string) (string, error) {
+	plgs, err := newPlugins()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ type plugins struct {
 	nuv   []string
 }
 
-func newPlugins(localDir string) (*plugins, error) {
+func newPlugins() (*plugins, error) {
+	localDir := os.Getenv("NUV_PWD")
 	localOlarisFolders := make([]string, 0)
 	nuvOlarisFolders := make([]string, 0)
 
diff --git a/plugin_test.go b/plugin_test.go
index 5a1bfc7..1406390 100644
--- a/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugin_test.go
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ func TestGetAllNuvRootPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("success: get all the nuvroots.json from plugins with 1 plugin", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
 		plgFolder := setupPluginTest(tempDir, t)
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", tempDir)
 
-		nuvRoots, err := GetNuvRootPlugins(tempDir)
+		nuvRoots, err := GetNuvRootPlugins()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, nuvRoots, 1)
 		require.Equal(t, joinpath(plgFolder, NUVROOT), nuvRoots[getPluginName(plgFolder)])
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ func TestGetAllNuvRootPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("success: get all the nuvroots.json from plugins with 2 plugins", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", tempDir)
 		plgFolder := setupPluginTest(tempDir, t)
 
 		// create the olaris-test2 folder
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ func TestGetAllNuvRootPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 		err = copyFile(nuvfileYML, filepath.Join(olarisTestDir, "nuvfile.yml"))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		nuvRoots, err := GetNuvRootPlugins(tempDir)
+		nuvRoots, err := GetNuvRootPlugins()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, nuvRoots, 2)
 		require.Equal(t, joinpath(plgFolder, NUVROOT), nuvRoots[getPluginName(plgFolder)])
@@ -105,9 +107,10 @@ func TestGetAllNuvRootPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("empty: no plugins folder found (olaris-*)", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", tempDir)
 
 		// Test when the folder is not found
-		nuvRoots, err := GetNuvRootPlugins(tempDir)
+		nuvRoots, err := GetNuvRootPlugins()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Empty(t, nuvRoots)
 	})
@@ -116,18 +119,20 @@ func TestGetAllNuvRootPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFindPluginTask(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("success: plugin task found in ./olaris-test", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", tempDir)
 		plgFolder := setupPluginTest(tempDir, t)
 
-		fld, err := findTaskInPlugins(tempDir, "test")
+		fld, err := findTaskInPlugins("test")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, plgFolder, fld)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("error: no plugins folder found (olaris-*)", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", tempDir)
 
 		// Test when the folder is not found
-		fld, err := findTaskInPlugins(tempDir, "grep")
+		fld, err := findTaskInPlugins("grep")
 		require.Error(t, err)
 		require.Empty(t, fld)
 	})
@@ -138,7 +143,9 @@ func TestNewPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 		tempDir := t.TempDir()
 		plgFolder := setupPluginTest(tempDir, t)
 
-		p, err := newPlugins(tempDir)
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", tempDir)
+
+		p, err := newPlugins()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, p)
 		require.Len(t, p.local, 1)
@@ -147,7 +154,8 @@ func TestNewPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("non existent local dir results in empty local field", func(t *testing.T) {
 		localDir := "/path/to/nonexistent/dir"
-		p, err := newPlugins(localDir)
+		os.Setenv("NUV_PWD", localDir)
+		p, err := newPlugins()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, p)
 		require.Len(t, p.local, 0)