diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/mod.rs
index 2a696922a5..e73f8b84e6 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ impl TomlConfig {
         result
     }
 
+    /// Load raw Kata configuration information from default configuration file.
+    ///
+    /// Configuration file is probed according to the default configuration file list
+    /// default::DEFAULT_RUNTIME_CONFIGURATIONS.
+    pub fn load_from_default() -> Result<(TomlConfig, PathBuf)> {
+        Self::load_raw_from_file("")
+    }
+
     /// Load raw Kata configuration information from configuration files.
     ///
     /// If `config_file` is valid, it will used, otherwise a built-in default path list will be
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/env_ops.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/env_ops.rs
index 7c6327d475..a0332af85a 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/env_ops.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/env_ops.rs
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ pub fn handle_env(env_args: EnvArgument) -> Result<()> {
         Box::new(io::stdout())
     };
 
-    let (toml_config, _) = TomlConfig::load_raw_from_file("").context("load toml config")?;
+    let (toml_config, _) = TomlConfig::load_from_default().context("load toml config")?;
 
     let env_info = get_env_info(&toml_config)?;