diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7427528..832ce1d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -623,11 +623,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
-version = "0.17.2"
+version = "0.18.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b989d6a7ca95a362cf2cfc5ad688b3a467be1f87e480b8dad07fee8c79b0044"
+checksum = "1b3ba52851e73b46a4c3df1d89343741112003f0f6f13beb0dfac9e457c3fdcd"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
@@ -1048,15 +1048,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.148"
+version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cdc71e17332e86d2e1d38c1f99edcb6288ee11b815fb1a4b049eaa2114d369b"
+checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.15.2+1.6.4"
+version = "0.16.2+1.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a80df2e11fb4a61f4ba2ab42dbe7f74468da143f1a75c74e11dee7c813f694fa"
+checksum = "ee4126d8b4ee5c9d9ea891dd875cfdc1e9d0950437179104b183d7d8a74d24e8"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c759857..122a1b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.75"
 gettext-rs = { version = "0.7.0", features = [
     "gettext-system"
 ] }
-git2 = "0.17.2"
+git2 = "0.18.2"
 gtk4 = { version = "0.7.2", features = [
     "v4_10",
 ] }
diff --git a/src/ui/profile_editor.rs b/src/ui/profile_editor.rs
index 2db7dbc..1d8f856 100644
--- a/src/ui/profile_editor.rs
+++ b/src/ui/profile_editor.rs
@@ -404,13 +404,22 @@ impl SimpleComponent for ProfileEditor {
                     self.xrservice_cmake_flags_rows.guard().remove(p);
                 }
             }
-            Self::Input::AddEnvVar(name) => {
+            Self::Input::AddEnvVar(var) => {
                 let mut prof = self.profile.borrow_mut();
-                if !prof.environment.contains_key(&name) {
-                    prof.environment.insert(name.clone(), "".to_string());
+                if !prof.environment.contains_key(&var) {
+                    let (name, value) = if var.contains('=') {
+                        let mut sp = var.split('=');
+                        (
+                            sp.next().unwrap().to_string(),
+                            sp.next().unwrap().to_string(),
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        (var, "".to_string())
+                    };
+                    prof.environment.insert(name.clone(), value.clone());
                     self.env_rows.guard().push_back(EnvVarModelInit {
                         name,
-                        value: "".to_string(),
+                        value,
                         var_type: VarType::EnvVar,
                     });
                 }