diff --git a/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts b/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts
index c80649e4..8221c8bc 100644
--- a/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-lib-node/src/env.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ export const yargsOptionsBuilderForEnv = {
   },
   'cascade-env': {
     description:
-      'Environment to load cascading .env files (e.g., `.env`, `.env.<environment>`, `.env.local` and `.env.<environment>.local`). Preferred over `auto-cascade-env`',
+      'Environment to load cascading .env files (e.g., `.env`, `.env.<environment>`, `.env.local` and `.env.<environment>.local`). Preferred over `cascade-node-env` and `auto-cascade-env`.',
     type: 'string',
   },
   'cascade-node-env': {
     description:
-      'Same with --cascade-env=<NODE_ENV>. If NODE_ENV is falsy, "development" is applied. Preferred over `cascade-env` and `auto-cascade-env`.',
+      'Same with --cascade-env=<NODE_ENV>. If NODE_ENV is falsy, "development" is applied. Preferred over `auto-cascade-env`.',
     type: 'boolean',
   },
   'auto-cascade-env': {
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ export const yargsOptionsBuilderForEnv = {
  * */
 export function loadEnvironmentVariables(argv: Options, cwd: string): Record<string, string> {
   let envPaths = (argv.env ?? []).map((envPath) => envPath.toString());
-  const cascade = argv.cascadeNodeEnv ? process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development' : argv.cascadeEnv;
+  const cascade =
+    argv.cascadeEnv ??
+    (argv.cascadeNodeEnv
+      ? process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'
+      : argv.autoCascadeEnv
+      ? process.env.WB_ENV || process.env.APP_ENV || process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'
+      : undefined);
   if (typeof cascade === 'string') {
     if (envPaths.length === 0) envPaths.push('.env');
     envPaths = envPaths.flatMap((envPath) =>
diff --git a/packages/wb/src/index.ts b/packages/wb/src/index.ts
index 82987a60..b4efd896 100644
--- a/packages/wb/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/wb/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ await yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
   .scriptName('wb')
   .options(sharedOptionsBuilder)
   .middleware((argv) => {
-    console.log(argv);
     const workingDir = argv['working-dir'];
     if (workingDir) {
       const dirPath = path.resolve(workingDir);