diff --git a/src/profile.rs b/src/profile.rs
index 0852c49..4215bbd 100644
--- a/src/profile.rs
+++ b/src/profile.rs
@@ -288,33 +288,42 @@ impl Default for Profile {
 }
 
 impl Profile {
+    pub fn xr_runtime_json_env_var(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "XR_RUNTIME_JSON=\"{prefix}/share/openxr/1/openxr_{runtime}.json\"",
+            prefix = match self.prefix.as_str() {
+                SYSTEM_PREFIX => BWRAP_SYSTEM_PREFIX,
+                other => other,
+            },
+            runtime = match self.xrservice_type {
+                XRServiceType::Monado => "monado",
+                XRServiceType::Wivrn => "wivrn",
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// always adds the xr runtime json var
+    pub fn env_vars_full(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        vec![
+            // format!(
+            //     "VR_OVERRIDE={opencomp}/build",
+            //     opencomp = self.opencomposite_path,
+            // ),
+            self.xr_runtime_json_env_var(),
+            format!(
+                "PRESSURE_VESSEL_FILESYSTEMS_RW=\"{path}\"",
+                path = get_ipc_file_path(&self.xrservice_type),
+            ),
+        ]
+    }
+
     pub fn get_env_vars(&self) -> Vec<String> {
         if self.can_be_built {
             return vec![
                 "PRESSURE_VESSEL_FILESYSTEMS_RW=\"$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/wivrn_comp_ipc:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/monado_comp_ipc\"".into(),
             ];
         }
-        vec![
-            // format!(
-            //     "VR_OVERRIDE={opencomp}/build",
-            //     opencomp = self.opencomposite_path,
-            // ),
-            format!(
-                "XR_RUNTIME_JSON=\"{prefix}/share/openxr/1/openxr_{runtime}.json\"",
-                prefix = match self.prefix.as_str() {
-                    SYSTEM_PREFIX => BWRAP_SYSTEM_PREFIX,
-                    other => other,
-                },
-                runtime = match self.xrservice_type {
-                    XRServiceType::Monado => "monado",
-                    XRServiceType::Wivrn => "wivrn",
-                }
-            ),
-            format!(
-                "PRESSURE_VESSEL_FILESYSTEMS_RW=\"{path}\"",
-                path = get_ipc_file_path(&self.xrservice_type),
-            ),
-        ]
+        self.env_vars_full()
     }
 
     pub fn get_steam_launch_options(&self) -> String {
diff --git a/src/ui/app.rs b/src/ui/app.rs
index 421a022..416b413 100644
--- a/src/ui/app.rs
+++ b/src/ui/app.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ pub enum Msg {
     Quit,
     DebugOpenPrefix,
     DebugOpenData,
+    DebugCopyEnvVars,
     OpenWivrnConfig,
     HandleCommandLine(CmdLineOpts),
 }
@@ -684,6 +685,9 @@ impl SimpleComponent for App {
                     self.get_selected_profile().prefix
                 ));
             }
+            Msg::DebugCopyEnvVars => {
+                copy_text(&self.get_selected_profile().env_vars_full().join(" "));
+            }
             Msg::OpenWivrnConfig => {
                 let editor = WivrnConfEditor::builder()
                     .launch(WivrnConfEditorInit {
@@ -845,6 +849,13 @@ impl SimpleComponent for App {
                 sender.input(Msg::DebugOpenPrefix);
             })
         );
+        stateless_action!(
+            actions,
+            DebugCopyEnvVarsAction,
+            clone!(@strong sender => move |_| {
+                sender.input(Msg::DebugCopyEnvVars);
+            })
+        );
         actions.add_action(RelmAction::<DebugViewToggleAction>::new_stateful(
             &model.enable_debug_view,
             clone!(@strong sender => move |_, state| {
@@ -891,3 +902,4 @@ new_stateful_action!(pub DebugViewToggleAction, AppActionGroup, "debugviewtoggle
 
 new_stateless_action!(pub DebugOpenDataAction, AppActionGroup, "debugopendata");
 new_stateless_action!(pub DebugOpenPrefixAction, AppActionGroup, "debugopenprefix");
+new_stateless_action!(pub DebugCopyEnvVarsAction, AppActionGroup, "debugcopyenvvars");
diff --git a/src/ui/debug_view.rs b/src/ui/debug_view.rs
index 08f64d1..c6a7060 100644
--- a/src/ui/debug_view.rs
+++ b/src/ui/debug_view.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::term_widget::TermWidget;
 use crate::log_level::LogLevel;
 use crate::log_parser::MonadoLog;
-use crate::ui::app::{DebugOpenDataAction, DebugOpenPrefixAction};
+use crate::ui::app::{DebugCopyEnvVarsAction, DebugOpenDataAction, DebugOpenPrefixAction};
 use crate::ui::util::copy_text;
 use gtk::glib::clone;
 use gtk::prelude::*;
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ impl SimpleComponent for DebugView {
             section! {
                 "Open _Data Folder" => DebugOpenDataAction,
                 "Open _Prefix Folder" => DebugOpenPrefixAction,
+                "Copy Profile _Environment Variables" => DebugCopyEnvVarsAction,
             },
         }
     }