diff --git a/deb-get b/deb-get
index eb38c696..30a6df6d 100755
--- a/deb-get
+++ b/deb-get
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ function update_repos() {
 
 
     for REPO in $(find "${ETC_DIR}" -maxdepth 1 -name "*.repo" ! -name 00-builtin.repo ! -name 99-local.repo -type f -printf "%f\n" | sed "s/.repo$//"); do
-        export REPO
+        export REPO ETC_DIR ELEVATE
         fancy_message info "Updating ${ETC_DIR}/${REPO}"
         REPO_URL="$(head -n 1 "${ETC_DIR}/${REPO}.repo")"
         ${ELEVATE} wget ${WGET_VERBOSITY} "${REPO_URL}/manifest" -O "${ETC_DIR}/${REPO}.repo"