diff --git a/file.ts b/file.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64d10f77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const { ProfileInfo } = require("@zowe/imperative");
+(async () => {
+    const profInfo = new ProfileInfo("zowe");
+    await profInfo.readProfilesFromDisk();
+    const upd = { profileName: "lpar1.zosmf", profileType: "zosmf" };
+    await profInfo.updateProperty({ ...upd, property: "user", value: "abc", setSecure: true });
+    await profInfo.updateProperty({ ...upd, property: "password", value: "daaaef", setSecure: true });
+})();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ProfileInfo.ts b/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ProfileInfo.ts
index 978a34cd9..3ad72f6c0 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ProfileInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ProfileInfo.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class ProfileInfo {
                     layerProperties = this.mLoadedConfig.findLayer(false, osLoc.global)?.properties;
                     realBaseProfileName = layerProperties?.defaults.base;
                 }
-                if (realBaseProfileName) baseProfile = this.mLoadedConfig.api.profiles.buildProfile(realBaseProfileName, layerProperties?.profiles);
+                if (realBaseProfileName) baseProfile = this.mLoadedConfig.api.profiles.buildProfile(realBaseProfileName, layerProperties?.profiles); //
                 else baseProfile = null;
             }
             if (baseProfile != null) {