diff --git a/clustertool/pkg/gencmd/genconfig.go b/clustertool/pkg/gencmd/genconfig.go
index 2254e2827d58..da8f731dcfb9 100644
--- a/clustertool/pkg/gencmd/genconfig.go
+++ b/clustertool/pkg/gencmd/genconfig.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func GenConfig(args []string) error {
+    talassist.LoadTalConfig()
     talassist.GenSchema()
     initfiles.GenTalEnvConfigMap()
     initfiles.CheckEnvVariables()