diff --git a/src/baseCommand.ts b/src/baseCommand.ts
index ffa1f68..e638759 100644
--- a/src/baseCommand.ts
+++ b/src/baseCommand.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
             description: "Network used to create UNIK nft token",
             required: true,
             options: UTILS.getNetworksList(),
+            env: "UNS_NETWORK",
         }),
         verbose: oFlags.boolean({
             char: "v",
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
         /**
          * Configuration
          */
+
+        // This happen when providing network through env var
+        if (!UTILS.getNetworksList().includes(flags.network)) {
+            throw new Error(`Expected --network=${
+                flags.network
+            } to be one of: ${UTILS.getNetworksListListForDescription()}
+            See more help with --help`);
+        }
+
         const networkName = flags.network === "local" ? "testnet" : flags.network;
 
         const networkPreset = configManager.getPreset(networkName);
diff --git a/test/__fixtures__/commands/status.ts b/test/__fixtures__/commands/status.ts
index 05899a1..e366b3d 100644
--- a/test/__fixtures__/commands/status.ts
+++ b/test/__fixtures__/commands/status.ts
@@ -54,4 +54,16 @@ export const outputCases = [
         args: ["status", "--network", "devnet", "--format", "table", "--verbose"],
         expected: infoNode + statusResultTable,
     },
+    {
+        description: "Should use env var and return devnet status json",
+        args: ["status"],
+        expected: statusResultJson,
+        UNS_NETWORK: "devnet",
+    },
+    {
+        description: "Should not use env var and return devnet status json",
+        args: ["status", "--network", "devnet"],
+        expected: statusResultJson,
+        UNS_NETWORK: "customnetwork",
+    },
 ];
diff --git a/test/commands/status.test.ts b/test/commands/status.test.ts
index e820f12..4ecc0b9 100644
--- a/test/commands/status.test.ts
+++ b/test/commands/status.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@oclif/test";
 import { NETWORKS } from "../../src/config";
+process.env.DEV_MODE = "false";
+import * as UTILS from "../../src/utils";
 import { outputCases } from "../__fixtures__/commands/status";
 
 const applyTestCase = (testCase: any) => {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ const applyTestCase = (testCase: any) => {
                 },
             }),
         )
+        .env({ UNS_NETWORK: testCase.UNS_NETWORK })
         .stdout()
         .command(testCase.args)
         .it(testCase.description, ctx => {
@@ -49,5 +52,15 @@ describe("status command", () => {
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
         .it("Should exit with code 2 if network is not known", _ => {});
 
+    const network = "customNetwork";
+    test.env({ UNS_NETWORK: network })
+        .command(["status"])
+        .catch(
+            `Expected --network=${network} to be one of: ${UTILS.getNetworksListListForDescription()}
+            See more help with --help`,
+        )
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
+        .it("Should use UNS_NETWORK env var then throw error", _ => {});
+
     outputCases.forEach(testCase => applyTestCase(testCase));
 });