diff --git a/generators/bootstrap-application-base/generator.ts b/generators/bootstrap-application-base/generator.ts
index e30643d2c50c..59d9baf17dc7 100644
--- a/generators/bootstrap-application-base/generator.ts
+++ b/generators/bootstrap-application-base/generator.ts
@@ -441,9 +441,17 @@ export default class BootstrapApplicationBase extends BaseApplicationGenerator {
        * Avoid having undefined keys in the application object when redering ejs templates
        */
       async loadApplicationKeys({ application }) {
+        if (this.options.commandsConfigs) {
+          // Load keys passed from cli
+          loadCommandConfigsKeysIntoTemplatesContext({
+            templatesContext: application,
+            commandsConfigs: this.options.commandsConfigs,
+          });
+        }
+        // Load keys from main generators
         loadCommandConfigsKeysIntoTemplatesContext({
           templatesContext: application,
-          commandsConfigs: this.options.commandsConfigs ?? (await lookupCommandsConfigs()),
+          commandsConfigs: await lookupCommandsConfigs(),
         });
       },
       task({ application }) {
diff --git a/lib/command/lookup-commands-configs.ts b/lib/command/lookup-commands-configs.ts
index 43af04bf135e..6c0b8901ec14 100644
--- a/lib/command/lookup-commands-configs.ts
+++ b/lib/command/lookup-commands-configs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 import type { JHipsterConfig, JHipsterConfigs } from './types.js';
 
@@ -7,23 +7,20 @@ const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
 const cwd = join(__dirname, '../..');
-let jdlConfigs: JHipsterConfigs;
+let jhipsterConfigs: JHipsterConfigs;
 
 export const lookupCommandsConfigs = async (options?: { filter: (config: JHipsterConfig) => boolean }): Promise<JHipsterConfigs> => {
-  if (jdlConfigs) {
-    return jdlConfigs;
+  if (jhipsterConfigs) {
+    return jhipsterConfigs;
   }
   const { filter = () => true } = options ?? {};
-  jdlConfigs = {};
+  jhipsterConfigs = {};
   const files = [...(await glob('generators/*/index.{j,t}s', { cwd })), ...(await glob('generators/*/generators/*/index.{j,t}s', { cwd }))];
   for (const file of files) {
-    const index = await import(`${cwd}/${file}`);
-    const configs: JHipsterConfigs = index.command?.configs ?? {};
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(configs)) {
-      if (filter(value)) {
-        jdlConfigs[key] = value;
-      }
+    const index = await import(pathToFileURL(`${cwd}/${file}`).toString());
+    if (index.command?.configs) {
+      Object.assign(jhipsterConfigs, index.command?.configs);
     }
   }
-  return jdlConfigs;
+  return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(jhipsterConfigs).filter(([_key, value]) => filter(value)));
 };