diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecorator.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecorator.java
index c51038cb47..4bc691380d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecorator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/pipeline/ContainerExecDecorator.java
@@ -347,29 +347,33 @@ public void onClose(int i, String s) {
                                 String.format("cd \"%s\"%s", pwd, NEWLINE).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
                     }
+
+                    EnvVars envVars = new EnvVars();
+
                     //get global vars here, run the export first as they'll get overwritten.
                     if (globalVars != null) {
-                            this.setupEnvironmentVariable(globalVars, watch);
+                        envVars.overrideAll(globalVars);
                     }
 
                     if(rcEnvVars != null) {
-                        this.setupEnvironmentVariable(rcEnvVars, watch);
+                        envVars.overrideAll(rcEnvVars);
                     }
 
-                    EnvVars envVars = new EnvVars();
                     if (environmentExpander != null) {
                         environmentExpander.expand(envVars);
                     }
 
                     //setup specific command envs passed into cmd
                     if (cmdEnvs != null) {
-                        LOGGER.log(Level.FINEST, "Launching with env vars: {0}", Arrays.toString(cmdEnvs));
                         for (String cmdEnv : cmdEnvs) {
                             envVars.addLine(cmdEnv);
                         }
                     }
 
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.FINEST, "Launching with env vars: {0}", envVars.toString());
+
                     this.setupEnvironmentVariable(envVars, watch);
+
                     doExec(watch, printStream, masks, commands);
                     if (closables == null) {
                         closables = new ArrayList<>();