diff --git a/fig/cli/command.py b/fig/cli/command.py
index c60020d7503..48430bd9995 100644
--- a/fig/cli/command.py
+++ b/fig/cli/command.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def client(self):
     def project(self):
         try:
             yaml_path = self.check_yaml_filename()
-            config = yaml.load(open(yaml_path))
+            config = yaml.load(os.path.expandvars(open(yaml_path).read()))
 
         except IOError as e:
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT: