diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 492151fad..b37276dd8 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ type Changelog struct {
 	Sort    string  `yaml:",omitempty"`
 }
 
-// EnvFile is the
+// EnvFiles holds paths to files that contains environment variables
+// values like the github token for example
 type EnvFiles struct {
 	GitHubToken string `yaml:"github_token,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pipeline/env/env.go b/pipeline/env/env.go
index 97a7345c4..4724a9450 100644
--- a/pipeline/env/env.go
+++ b/pipeline/env/env.go
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ func loadEnv(env, path string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	bts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
-	bts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}