@@ -11,17 +11,21 @@
 (include "common_records.scm")
 
 (define (setup-env-defaults db fname run-id already-seen #!key (environ-patt #f))
   (let* ((keys    (get-keys db))
 	 (keyvals (get-key-vals db run-id))
-	 (keyval
 	 (thekey  (string-intersperse (map (lambda (x)(if x x "-na-")) keyvals) "/"))
 	 (confdat (read-config fname #f #f environ-patt: environ-patt))
 	 (whatfound (make-hash-table))
 	 (sections (list "default" thekey)))
     (debug:print 4 "Using key=\"" thekey "\"")
-    
+
+    (for-each
+     (lambda (key val)
+       (setenv (vector-ref key 0) val))
+     keys keyvals)
+
     (for-each 
      (lambda (section)
        (let ((section-dat (hash-table-ref/default confdat section #f)))
 	 (if section-dat
 	     (for-each 
@@ -42,6 +46,6 @@
 (define (set-run-config-vars db run-id)
   (let ((runconfigf (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config")))
     (if (file-exists? runconfigf)
 	(setup-env-defaults db runconfigf run-id #f environ-patt: ".*")
 	(debug:print 0 "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf))))
-  
+