diff --git a/cmd/cmd_image.go b/cmd/cmd_image.go
index 9487b2a1..e99fa8cc 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_image.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_image.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func imageCreateCommandHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	mergeContainer := NewMergeConfigContainer(configFlags, globalFlags, nightlyFlags, nanosVersionFlags, buildImageFlags, providerFlags, pkgFlags)
+
 	err := mergeContainer.Merge(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		exitWithError(err.Error())
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_pkg.go b/cmd/cmd_pkg.go
index 81404ed6..74536d51 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_pkg.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_pkg.go
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ func loadCommandHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	runLocalInstanceFlags := NewRunLocalInstanceCommandFlags(flags)
 	pkgFlags := NewPkgCommandFlags(flags)
 	pkgFlags.Package = args[0]
-	pkgFlags.SluggedPackage = strings.ReplaceAll(args[0], ":", "_")
 
 	c := api.NewConfig()
 
diff --git a/cmd/flags_pkg.go b/cmd/flags_pkg.go
index 418350c8..440eae88 100644
--- a/cmd/flags_pkg.go
+++ b/cmd/flags_pkg.go
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-
-	"github.com/nanovms/ops/types"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/nanovms/ops/lepton"
 	api "github.com/nanovms/ops/lepton"
+	"github.com/nanovms/ops/types"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ func (flags *PkgCommandFlags) MergeToConfig(c *types.Config) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	flags.SluggedPackage = strings.ReplaceAll(flags.Package, ":", "_")
+
 	packagePath := flags.PackagePath()
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(packagePath); os.IsNotExist(err) {