diff --git a/R/run.R b/R/run.R
index 1d1d7945..f31506d8 100644
--- a/R/run.R
+++ b/R/run.R
@@ -159,15 +159,14 @@
 ##' orderly2::orderly_metadata_extract(name = "data", root = path)
 orderly_run <- function(name, parameters = NULL, envir = NULL, echo = TRUE,
                         search_options = NULL, root = NULL, locate = TRUE) {
-  env_src <- Sys.getenv("ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC")
-  is_env_src_empty <- !nzchar(env_src)
-  root <- root_open(root, locate, require_orderly = is_env_src_empty,
+  env_root_src <- Sys.getenv("ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT", NA_character_)
+  root <- root_open(root, locate, require_orderly = is.na(env_root_src),
                     call = environment())
 
-  if (is_env_src_empty) {
+  if (is.na(env_root_src)) {
     root_src <- root$path
   } else {
-    root_src <- orderly_src_root(env_src, locate, call = environment())
+    root_src <- orderly_src_root(env_root_src, locate, call = environment())
   }
 
   name <- validate_orderly_directory(name, root_src, environment())
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-run-separate.R b/tests/testthat/test-run-separate.R
index 2283b4f1..051eda59 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-run-separate.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-run-separate.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 test_that("can run simple case in separate directory", {
   info <- test_prepare_orderly_example_separate("explicit")
   id <- withr::with_envvar(
-    c(ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC = info$src),
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = info$src),
     orderly_run_quietly("explicit", envir = new.env(), root = info$outpack)
   )
   expect_type(id, "character")
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test_that("can run shared resources case in separate directory", {
   ## root.
   info <- test_prepare_orderly_example_separate("shared")
   id <- withr::with_envvar(
-    c(ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC = info$src),
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = info$src),
     orderly_run_quietly("shared", envir = new.env(), root = info$outpack)
   )
   expect_setequal(
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ test_that("can use dependencies in separate directory", {
   ## Ensures that we hit the outpack root for pulling deps in
   info <- test_prepare_orderly_example_separate(c("data", "depends"))
   id1 <- withr::with_envvar(
-    c(ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC = info$src),
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = info$src),
     orderly_run_quietly("data", envir = new.env(), root = info$outpack)
   )
   id2 <- withr::with_envvar(
-    c(ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC = info$src),
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = info$src),
     orderly_run_quietly("depends", envir = new.env(), root = info$outpack)
   )
   path1 <- file.path(info$outpack, "archive", "data", id1)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ test_that("can get git information in separate directory", {
   info <- test_prepare_orderly_example_separate("explicit")
   info$git <- helper_add_git(info$src)
   id <- withr::with_envvar(
-    c(ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC = info$src),
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = info$src),
     orderly_run_quietly("explicit", envir = new.env(), root = info$outpack)
   )
   meta <- orderly_metadata(id, root = info$outpack)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test_that("can't run interactively in separate directory", {
   ## root
   info <- test_prepare_orderly_example_separate(c("data", "depends"))
   id1 <- withr::with_envvar(
-    c(ORDERLY_REPORT_SRC = info$src),
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = info$src),
     orderly_run_quietly("data", envir = new.env(), root = info$outpack)
   )
   path_src <- file.path(info$src, "src", "depends")