diff --git a/executor/cmd.go b/executor/cmd.go
index 4da8bf4..9b81bf9 100644
--- a/executor/cmd.go
+++ b/executor/cmd.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (e *CommandExecutor) execute(
 		zap.Strings("cmd", target.Up),
 		zap.String("url", target.RepoURL),
 		zap.String("dir", path),
-		zap.Int("env", len(ex.env)),
+		zap.Any("env", ex.env),
 		zap.Bool("passthrough", e.passEnvironment))
 
 	return target.Execute(ex.path, ex.env, ex.shutdown, ex.passEnvironment)
diff --git a/executor/cmd_test.go b/executor/cmd_test.go
index db8661a..d9e77f7 100644
--- a/executor/cmd_test.go
+++ b/executor/cmd_test.go
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@ func TestCommandPrepareWithoutPassthrough(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, false, "pico", "GLOBAL_")
 
-	ex, err := ce.prepare("test", "./", false, nil)
+	ex, err := ce.prepare("test", "./", false, map[string]string{
+		"DATA_DIR": "/data/shared",
+	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, exec{
 		path: "./",
 		env: map[string]string{
 			"SOME_SECRET": "123",
+			"DATA_DIR":    "/data/shared",
 		},
 		shutdown:        false,
 		passEnvironment: false,
@@ -92,13 +95,16 @@ func TestCommandPrepareWithGlobal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, false, "pico", "GLOBAL_")
 
-	ex, err := ce.prepare("test", "./", false, nil)
+	ex, err := ce.prepare("test", "./", false, map[string]string{
+		"DATA_DIR": "/data/shared",
+	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, exec{
 		path: "./",
 		env: map[string]string{
 			"SOME_SECRET": "123",
 			"SECRET":      "456",
+			"DATA_DIR":    "/data/shared",
 		},
 		shutdown:        false,
 		passEnvironment: false,
diff --git a/task/target.go b/task/target.go
index 15d5585..bfefe40 100644
--- a/task/target.go
+++ b/task/target.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package task
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // ExecutionTask encodes a Target with additional execution-time information.
@@ -70,15 +71,20 @@ func (t *Target) Execute(dir string, env map[string]string, shutdown bool, inher
 		command = t.Up
 	}
 
-	return execute(dir, env, command, inheritEnv)
+	c, err := prepare(dir, env, command, inheritEnv)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to prepare command for execution")
+	}
+
+	return c.Run()
 }
 
-func execute(dir string, env map[string]string, command []string, inheritEnv bool) (err error) {
+func prepare(dir string, env map[string]string, command []string, inheritEnv bool) (cmd *exec.Cmd, err error) {
 	if len(command) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("attempt to execute target with empty command")
+		return nil, errors.New("attempt to execute target with empty command")
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command(command[0])
+	cmd = exec.Command(command[0])
 	if len(command) > 1 {
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, command[1:]...)
 	}
@@ -91,9 +97,9 @@ func execute(dir string, env map[string]string, command []string, inheritEnv boo
 		cmdEnv = os.Environ()
 	}
 	for k, v := range env {
-		cmdEnv = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
+		cmdEnv = append(cmdEnv, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 	cmd.Env = cmdEnv
 
-	return cmd.Run()
+	return cmd, nil
 }
diff --git a/task/target_test.go b/task/target_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..278b4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/task/target_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package task
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPrepareTargetExecution(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := prepare(".", map[string]string{
+		"VAR_1": "one",
+		"VAR_2": "two",
+		"VAR_3": "three",
+		"VAR_4": "four",
+	}, []string{"docker-compose", "up", "-d"}, false)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"docker-compose", "up", "-d"}, c.Args)
+	want := []string{
+		"VAR_1=one",
+		"VAR_2=two",
+		"VAR_3=three",
+		"VAR_4=four",
+	}
+	got := c.Env
+	sort.Strings(want)
+	sort.Strings(got)
+	assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+	assert.Equal(t, ".", c.Dir)
+}