lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 517f4d50bafc8e399d3bdcf99e5da0b5e8474524..c265971f9dc7dd038cc709722a3db4dc023b7097 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ 		while (my ($k, $v) = each %new_env) { $buf .= "\0$k=$v" };
 		my $fds = [ map { fileno($_) } @$rdr{0..2} ];
 		$send_cmd->($sock, $fds, $buf, MSG_EOR);
 	} else {
-		$pgr->[0] = spawn([$pager], $env, $rdr);
+		$pgr->[0] = spawn([$pager], \%new_env, $rdr);
 	}
 	$self->{1} = $wpager;
 	$self->{2} = $wpager if -t $self->{2};