diff --git a/Launcher.Next.Infrastructure/PilotExecutionService.cs b/Launcher.Next.Infrastructure/PilotExecutionService.cs
index 6c9e7a6..9a0c796 100644
--- a/Launcher.Next.Infrastructure/PilotExecutionService.cs
+++ b/Launcher.Next.Infrastructure/PilotExecutionService.cs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public sealed class PilotExecutionService(
         var scriptHash = Convert.ToHexString(SHA256.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(content)));
         var plan = PilotPlanFactory.Create(request.Product, profile, request.Manifest, request.ManifestHash, request.PilotRoot, request.StartupScriptPath, scriptHash, safety);
         var environment = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["P_REC_ANNOT_RUNTIME_MODE"] = request.Configuration.PluginExecutionMode.ToString() };
-        if (request.Configuration.PluginExecutionMode == PluginExecutionMode.Apply)
-            environment["P_REC_ANNOT_APPLY_PERMIT_PATH"] = request.Configuration.ApplyPermitPath!;
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Configuration.ApplyPermitPath))
+            environment["P_REC_ANNOT_APPLY_PERMIT_PATH"] = request.Configuration.ApplyPermitPath;
         return new(plan with { Process = plan.Process with { EnvironmentVariables = environment } }, safety);
     }