diff --git a/bin/cron.sh b/bin/cron.sh
index e191ee76ab0e80e823269284b43c228106ea39de..0c9c4c86a832957f4b1ba33c913dd1766e3a0363 100755
--- a/bin/cron.sh
+++ b/bin/cron.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 trap 'exit 1' ERR
 # Go to script bin, 'cause we expect to find $BFAHOME/bin/env there
 cd `dirname $0`
+test -e "env" || cp -p ../network/env env
+
 source ./env
 ./start.sh < /dev/null >&0 2>&0
diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
index a3a2c0e5dd3a5c6800a600c0b219cc035c2182d3..8718e5a560461200efffe2e8065ea142e04ebd2a 100755
--- a/bin/start.sh
+++ b/bin/start.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 if [ -z "${BFAHOME}" ]; then echo "\$BFAHOME not set. Did you source bfa/bin/env ?" >&2; exit 1; fi
 source ${BFAHOME}/bin/libbfa.sh || exit 1
+test -e ${BFAHOME}/bin/env || cp -p ${BFANETWORKDIR}/env bin/env
 
 enodeARIU="7ec4dd9d5e1a2b29d6b60aa9f95677c0c3a5f9306e73d65dd3bcbfda3737a8c509b02d1eab763ce39f18cfe96423df7ee544d6c36191ec17f59ade75bc99d358"
 bootARIUv4="enode://${enodeARIU}@[170.210.45.179]:30301"