diff --git a/home/.bashrc.d/topics/tool-config.sh b/home/.bashrc.d/topics/tool-config.sh
index 187d73e..5df071d 100644
--- a/home/.bashrc.d/topics/tool-config.sh
+++ b/home/.bashrc.d/topics/tool-config.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if [[ -n "${GOPATH}" ]]; then
   add-path-if-exists "${GOPATH}/bin"
 fi
 
+# For some reason, the Go AWS SDK in particular refuses to load profiles and
+# credentials correctly without this, which includes terraform
+export AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=1
+
 # Android SDK paths
 (set-if-exists ANDROID_HOME "${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk" \
   || set-if-exists ANDROID_HOME "${HOME}/.android-sdk") \
diff --git a/home/bin/aws-mfa-gen b/home/bin/aws-mfa-gen
index 67dc709..3e254b8 100755
--- a/home/bin/aws-mfa-gen
+++ b/home/bin/aws-mfa-gen
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ function generate-creds {
   fi
   read -r access_key_id secret_access_key session_token <<< "$sts_response"
 
+  # NOTE: if using any tools based on AWS's golang SDK, you'll need to set
+  #       AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG or they won't work properly with profiles
+
   if [[ -n "$access_key_id" ]]; then
     aws --profile "$MFA_PROFILE" configure set aws_access_key_id "$access_key_id"
     aws --profile "$MFA_PROFILE" configure set aws_secret_access_key "$secret_access_key"