diff --git a/lambo b/lambo
index 760f75e6..e032b63a 100755
--- a/lambo
+++ b/lambo
@@ -319,14 +319,15 @@ perlCommands=(
     "s/(APP_URL=)(.*)/\1http:\/\/$PROJECTNAME.$TLD/g"
 )
 
-if [[ "$LINK" = true ]]; then
-    valet link "$PROJECTNAME"
-fi
-
 for perlCommand in "${perlCommands[@]}"; do
+    perl -pi -e "$perlCommand" ".env.example"
     perl -pi -e "$perlCommand" ".env"
 done
 
+if [[ "$LINK" = true ]]; then
+    valet link "$PROJECTNAME"
+fi
+
 if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
     if [[ "$BROWSER" != "" ]]; then
         open -a "$BROWSER" "$PROJECTURL"