diff --git a/data-client/g3cmd/upload-single.go b/data-client/g3cmd/upload-single.go
index 2885316..5837e10 100644
--- a/data-client/g3cmd/upload-single.go
+++ b/data-client/g3cmd/upload-single.go
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ func UploadSingle(profile string, guid string, filePath string, bucketName strin
 
 	// Instantiate interface to Gen3
 	gen3Interface := NewGen3Interface()
-	_, err := conf.ParseConfig(profile)
+
+	// done so that profileConfig is written globally
+	var err error
+	profileConfig, err = conf.ParseConfig(profile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}