diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e3d86ac..ceb6925 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ branches:
     - /^v[0-9.]+$/
 
 go:
-  - 1.11.x
   - 1.12.x
+  - 1.13.x
   - tip
 
 go_import_path: aahframe.work
diff --git a/aah.go b/aah.go
index 42ee6c4..c13d4ca 100644
--- a/aah.go
+++ b/aah.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"aahframe.work/cache"
 	"aahframe.work/config"
 	"aahframe.work/console"
-	"aahframe.work/essentials"
+	ess "aahframe.work/essentials"
 	"aahframe.work/i18n"
 	"aahframe.work/internal/settings"
 	"aahframe.work/log"
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ func (a *Application) AddValueParser(typ reflect.Type, parser valpar.Parser) err
 // AddCommand method adds the aah application CLI commands. Introduced in v0.12.0 release
 // aah application binary fully compliant using module console and POSIX flags.
 func (a *Application) AddCommand(cmds ...console.Command) error {
+	pCmds := cmds[:0]
 	for _, cmd := range cmds {
 		name := strings.ToLower(cmd.Name)
 		if name == "run" || name == "vfs" || name == "help" {
@@ -453,11 +454,40 @@ func (a *Application) AddCommand(cmds ...console.Command) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("aah: command name '%s' already exists", name)
 			}
 		}
-		a.cli.Commands = append(a.cli.Commands, cmd)
+
+		// GH#244 add envprofile to command and first level subcommands by default
+		cmd.Flags = addEnvProfileFlag(cmd.Flags)
+		subCommands := cmd.Subcommands[:0]
+		for _, sc := range cmd.Subcommands {
+			sc.Flags = addEnvProfileFlag(sc.Flags)
+			subCommands = append(subCommands, sc)
+		}
+		pCmds = append(pCmds, cmd)
 	}
+	a.cli.Commands = append(a.cli.Commands, pCmds...)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func addEnvProfileFlag(cmdFlags []console.Flag) []console.Flag {
+	cf := cmdFlags[:0]
+	flagFound := false
+	for _, f := range cmdFlags {
+		if f.GetName() == "envprofile" {
+			flagFound = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !flagFound {
+		cf = append(cf, console.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "envprofile, e",
+			Value: "dev",
+			Usage: "Environment profile name to activate (e.g: dev, qa, prod)",
+		})
+	}
+	return cf
+}
+
 // Validate method is to validate struct via underneath validator.
 //
 // Returns:
diff --git a/aah_test.go b/aah_test.go
index b1504cb..825c90c 100644
--- a/aah_test.go
+++ b/aah_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"aahframe.work/ainsp"
 	"aahframe.work/config"
 	"aahframe.work/console"
-	"aahframe.work/essentials"
+	ess "aahframe.work/essentials"
 	"aahframe.work/log"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -192,6 +192,39 @@ func TestAppMisc(t *testing.T) {
 	er = a.AddCommand(console.Command{Name: "test2"})
 	assert.Equal(t, errors.New("aah: command name 'test2' already exists"), er)
 
+	// GH#244
+	testCmds := []console.Command{
+		console.Command{Name: "newcmd1"},
+		console.Command{
+			Name: "newcmd2",
+			Flags: []console.Flag{
+				console.StringFlag{
+					Name:  "envprofile, e",
+					Value: "dev",
+					Usage: "Environment profile name to activate (e.g: dev, qa, prod)",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		console.Command{
+			Name: "newcmd3sub",
+			Subcommands: []console.Command{
+				console.Command{Name: "newcmd3sub1"},
+				console.Command{
+					Name: "newcmd3sub2",
+					Flags: []console.Flag{
+						console.StringFlag{
+							Name:  "envprofile, e",
+							Value: "dev",
+							Usage: "Environment profile name to activate (e.g: dev, qa, prod)",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	er = a.AddCommand(testCmds...)
+	assert.Nil(t, er)
+
 	ll := a.NewChildLogger(log.Fields{"key1": "value1"})
 	assert.NotNil(t, ll)