diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1234108..2610ba1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ A special tag can be used as an alternative to refresh interval defined in plugi
 
 * `<swiftbar.runInBash>false</swiftbar.runInBash>` - doesn't wrap plugins in Bash when running
 * `<swiftbar.type>streamable</swiftbar.type>` - mark plugin as Streamable
-* `<swiftbar.environment>['var1':'default value', 'var2':'default value', ... ]</swiftbar.environment>` - this variables will be passed in plugin's environment, in later release SwiftBar will provide a UI to change values for these variables.
+* `<swiftbar.environment>[var1:default value, var2:default value, ... ]</swiftbar.environment>` - this variables will be passed in plugin's environment, in later release SwiftBar will provide a UI to change values for these variables.
 
 #### Metadata for Binary Plugins
 
diff --git a/SwiftBar/Plugin/Plugin.swift b/SwiftBar/Plugin/Plugin.swift
index f9ac32a..4a90ec4 100644
--- a/SwiftBar/Plugin/Plugin.swift
+++ b/SwiftBar/Plugin/Plugin.swift
@@ -100,11 +100,15 @@ extension Plugin {
     }
 
     var env: [String: String] {
-        [
+        var pluginEnv = [
             EnvironmentVariables.swiftBarPluginPath.rawValue: file,
             EnvironmentVariables.osAppearance.rawValue: AppShared.isDarkTheme ? "Dark" : "Light",
             EnvironmentVariables.swiftBarPluginCachePath.rawValue: cacheDirectoryPath,
             EnvironmentVariables.swiftBarPluginDataPath.rawValue: dataDirectoryPath,
         ]
+        metadata?.environment.forEach { k, v in
+            pluginEnv[k] = v
+        }
+        return pluginEnv
     }
 }
diff --git a/SwiftBar/Plugin/PluginMetadata.swift b/SwiftBar/Plugin/PluginMetadata.swift
index 37ecc2b..1175b5a 100644
--- a/SwiftBar/Plugin/PluginMetadata.swift
+++ b/SwiftBar/Plugin/PluginMetadata.swift
@@ -122,11 +122,14 @@ class PluginMetadata: ObservableObject {
         }
         var environment: [String: String] = [:]
         if !getTagValue(tag: .environment).isEmpty {
-            getTagValue(tag: .environment).split(separator: ",").forEach { str in
-                let pair = str.split(separator: ":").map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) }
-                guard pair.count == 2 else { return }
-                environment[pair[0]] = pair[1]
-            }
+            getTagValue(tag: .environment)
+                .dropFirst()
+                .dropLast()
+                .split(separator: ",").forEach { str in
+                    let pair = str.split(separator: ":").map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) }
+                    guard pair.count == 2 else { return }
+                    environment[pair[0]] = pair[1]
+                }
         }
 
         return PluginMetadata(name: getTagValue(tag: .title),