diff --git a/dotdrop/config.py b/dotdrop/config.py
index 13b9c19..fc613e3 100644
--- a/dotdrop/config.py
+++ b/dotdrop/config.py
@@ -188,6 +188,21 @@ class Cfg:
         self.lnk_settings = self.content[self.key_settings]
         self._complete_settings()
 
+        # parse the profiles
+        self.lnk_profiles = self.content[self.key_profiles]
+        if self.lnk_profiles is None:
+            # ensures self.lnk_profiles is a dict
+            self.content[self.key_profiles] = {}
+            self.lnk_profiles = self.content[self.key_profiles]
+        for k, v in self.lnk_profiles.items():
+            if not v:
+                continue
+            if self.key_profiles_dots in v and \
+                    v[self.key_profiles_dots] is None:
+                # if has the dotfiles entry but is empty
+                # ensures it's an empty list
+                v[self.key_profiles_dots] = []
+
         # load external variables/dynvariables
         if self.key_include_vars in self.lnk_settings:
             paths = self.lnk_settings[self.key_include_vars]
@@ -225,21 +240,6 @@ class Cfg:
                 for k, v in self.content[self.key_trans_w].items():
                     self.trans_w[k] = Transform(k, v)
 
-        # parse the profiles
-        self.lnk_profiles = self.content[self.key_profiles]
-        if self.lnk_profiles is None:
-            # ensures self.lnk_profiles is a dict
-            self.content[self.key_profiles] = {}
-            self.lnk_profiles = self.content[self.key_profiles]
-        for k, v in self.lnk_profiles.items():
-            if not v:
-                continue
-            if self.key_profiles_dots in v and \
-                    v[self.key_profiles_dots] is None:
-                # if has the dotfiles entry but is empty
-                # ensures it's an empty list
-                v[self.key_profiles_dots] = []
-
         # parse the dotfiles
         # and construct the dict of objects per dotfile key
         if not self.content[self.key_dotfiles]:
diff --git a/tests-ng/dynextvariables.sh b/tests-ng/dynextvariables.sh
index 8eeea5d..744e717 100755
--- a/tests-ng/dynextvariables.sh
+++ b/tests-ng/dynextvariables.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests'`
 extvars="${tmps}/variables.yaml"
 extdvars="${tmps}/dynvariables.yaml"
 pvars="${tmps}/p1_vars.yaml"
+pvarin="${tmps}/inprofile_vars.yaml"
+pvarout="${tmps}/outprofile_vars.yaml"
 cfg="${tmps}/config.yaml"
 cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
 config:
@@ -66,8 +68,10 @@ config:
   - "{{@@ var1 @@}}iables.yaml"
   - "{{@@ dvar1 @@}}iables.yaml"
   - "{{@@ profile @@}}_vars.yaml"
+  - "{{@@ xvar @@}}_vars.yaml"
 variables:
   var1: "var"
+  xvar: outprofile
 dynvariables:
   dvar1: "echo dynvar"
 dotfiles:
@@ -78,6 +82,8 @@ profiles:
   p1:
     dotfiles:
     - f_abc
+    variables:
+      xvar: inprofile
 _EOF
 #cat ${cfg}
 
@@ -100,6 +106,14 @@ variables:
 dynvariables:
   pdvar: "echo pdvar1"
 _EOF
+cat > ${pvarin} << _EOF
+variables:
+  test: profileok
+_EOF
+cat > ${pvarout} << _EOF
+variables:
+  test: profilenotok
+_EOF
 
 # create the dotfile
 echo "var1: {{@@ var1 @@}}" > ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
@@ -113,6 +127,8 @@ echo "dvarb: {{@@ dvarb @@}}" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
 # from var file 3
 echo "pvar: {{@@ pvar @@}}" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
 echo "pdvar: {{@@ pdvar @@}}" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
+# from profile variable
+echo "test: {{@@ test @@}}" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
 
 #cat ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
 
@@ -129,6 +145,7 @@ grep '^varb: extvar2' ${tmpd}/abc >/dev/null
 grep '^dvarb: extdvar2' ${tmpd}/abc >/dev/null
 grep '^pvar: pvar1' ${tmpd}/abc >/dev/null
 grep '^pdvar: pdvar1' ${tmpd}/abc >/dev/null
+grep '^test: profileok' ${tmpd}/abc >/dev/null
 
 ## CLEANING
 rm -rf ${tmps} ${tmpd}