diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index 7e90b5b..3f3a182 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -512,12 +512,13 @@ Pretty-print JSON:
 
 Load environment variables into Emacs from a shell script:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (defun extract-vars-from-env-file (file)
+  (cl-defun extract-vars-from-env-file (file &key dir)
     "Extracts an alist of variable name to value from
      a bash script that exports environment variables."
     (let ((var-re "\\(.+?\\)=\\(.+\\)$")
 	  (env '()))
       (with-temp-buffer
+	(cd (expand-file-name (or dir (file-name-directory file))))
 	(shell-command (concat "source " file " > /dev/null && env")
 		       (current-buffer))
 	(goto-char (point-min))
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ Load environment variables into Emacs from a shell script:
       (dolist (binding env)
 	(setenv (car binding) (cdr binding)))))
 
-  (defmacro with-env-from-file (file &rest body)
+  (cl-defmacro with-env-from-file (file &rest body)
     (declare (indent 1))
     (let ((env-var (make-symbol "the-env"))
 	  (path-var (make-symbol "the-path")))
@@ -550,8 +551,8 @@ Load environment variables into Emacs from a shell script:
 		process-environment)))
 	 ,@body)))
 
-  (defun call-with-env-from-file (file callback)
-    (let* ((env (extract-vars-from-env-file file))
+  (cl-defun call-with-env-from-file (file callback &key dir)
+    (let* ((env (extract-vars-from-env-file file :dir dir))
 	   (path (assoc "PATH" env))
 	   (exec-path
 	    (if path
@@ -4844,13 +4845,13 @@ Some functions to make my day job easier.
     (kill-matching-buffers "\\.log$" nil t)
     (message "Killed log buffers"))
 
-  (defun python-service-setup (venv &optional env-file)
+  (cl-defun python-service-setup (venv &optional env-file &key env-dir)
     (lambda (done)
       (call-with-venv
        venv
        (if env-file
 	   (lambda ()
-	     (call-with-env-from-file env-file done))
+	     (call-with-env-from-file env-file done :dir env-dir))
 	 done))))
 
   (defun call-with-lola-env (callback)
@@ -5004,7 +5005,8 @@ Some functions to make my day job easier.
     :cwd "~/lola/python-services"
     :stop-signal 'int
     :init-async (python-service-setup "python-services-gHe3SIKn"
-				      "~/lola/python-services/priceline/.env"))
+				      "~/lola/python-services/priceline/.env"
+				      :env-dir "~/lola/python-services"))
 
   (prodigy-define-service
     :name "threev-service"
@@ -5014,7 +5016,8 @@ Some functions to make my day job easier.
     :cwd "~/lola/python-services"
     :stop-signal 'int
     :init-async (python-service-setup "python-services-gHe3SIKn"
-				      "~/lola/python-services/threev/.env"))
+				      "~/lola/python-services/threev/.env"
+				      :env-dir "~/lola/python-services"))
 
   (prodigy-define-service
     :name "email-template-service"