diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c17067..4ba6dc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Changed
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
-- Logging errors from security commands
+- Logging errors from security command
 ### Fixed
+- GHORG_RECLONE_PATH from getting unset
 ### Security
 
 ## [1.8.8] - 10/11/22
diff --git a/cmd/reclone.go b/cmd/reclone.go
index 2dc5c44..ed1f3cc 100644
--- a/cmd/reclone.go
+++ b/cmd/reclone.go
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func runReClone(rc ReClone) {
 		env := keyValue[0]
 		ghorgEnv := strings.HasPrefix(env, "GHORG_")
 
-		// skip global flags
-		if env == "GHORG_COLOR" || env == "GHORG_CONFIG" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET" {
+		// skip global flags and reclone flags which are set in the conf.yaml
+		if env == "GHORG_COLOR" || env == "GHORG_CONFIG" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_PATH" {
 			continue
 		}
 		if ghorgEnv {
diff --git a/scripts/github_cloud_integration_tests.sh b/scripts/github_cloud_integration_tests.sh
index 31b8d64..8f9c78d 100755
--- a/scripts/github_cloud_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/github_cloud_integration_tests.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cp ./ghorg /usr/local/bin
 
 GITHUB_ORG=forcepushtoproduction
 GHORG_TEST_REPO=ghorg-ci-test
+REPO_WITH_TESTING_TOPIC=ghorg-repo-with-topic-of-testing
 
 ghorg version
 
@@ -66,3 +67,47 @@ fi
 # Move back to original conf but keep updated_conf if we want to use it again
 mv $HOME/.config/ghorg/conf.yaml $HOME/.config/ghorg/updated_conf.yaml
 mv $HOME/.config/ghorg/conf-bak.yaml $HOME/.config/ghorg/conf.yaml
+
+# RECLONE BASIC
+
+# hack to allow sed to be ran on both mac and ubuntu
+sed "s/XTOKEN/${GITHUB_TOKEN}/g" $PWD/scripts/testing_confs/reclone-basic.yaml > $PWD/scripts/testing_confs/updated_reclone.yaml
+
+ghorg reclone --reclone-path=$PWD/scripts/testing_confs/updated_reclone.yaml --verbose
+
+if [ -e /tmp/testing_reclone_with_tag/$REPO_WITH_TESTING_TOPIC ]
+then
+    echo "Pass: github reclone testing-topic-in-tmp-dir file exists"
+else
+    echo "Fail: github reclone testing-topic-in-tmp-dir file does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+COUNT=$(ls /tmp/testing_reclone_with_tag | wc -l)
+
+if [ "${COUNT}" -eq 1 ]
+then
+    echo "Pass: github reclone testing_reclone_with_tag"
+else
+    echo "Fail: github reclone testing_reclone_with_tag too many files found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -e /tmp/all-repos/$REPO_WITH_TESTING_TOPIC ]
+then
+    echo "Pass: github reclone all-repos"
+else
+    echo "Fail: github reclone all-repos"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+COUNT=$(ls /tmp/all-repos | wc -l)
+
+if [ "${COUNT}" -ge 3 ]
+then
+    echo "Pass: github reclone all-repos count"
+else
+    echo "Fail: github reclone all-repos count too low"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/testing_confs/reclone-basic.yaml b/scripts/testing_confs/reclone-basic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..343a281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/testing_confs/reclone-basic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+testing_reclone_with_tag:
+  cmd: "ghorg clone forcepushtoproduction --token=XTOKEN --output-dir=testing_reclone_with_tag --topics=testing --path=/tmp"
+
+all-repos:
+  cmd: "ghorg clone forcepushtoproduction --token=XTOKEN --output-dir=all-repos --path=/tmp"