diff --git a/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper b/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper
index 186d12c5..3b328258 100755
--- a/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper
+++ b/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper
@@ -5834,11 +5834,11 @@ Binding a game to a single node reduces memory‑access latency and limits costl
     fi
     export PW_WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY
 
-     if [[ "${PW_CLI}" != "1" ]] ; then
+    if [[ "${PW_CLI}" != "1" ]] ; then
         for dont_touch_var in $DISABLE_EDIT_DB_LIST ; do
             rm_from_array "PW_EDIT_DB_LIST" "$dont_touch_var"
         done
-     fi
+    fi
     PW_EDIT_DB_FINAL_LIST=("${PW_EDIT_DB_LIST[@]}" \
     LAUNCH_PARAMETERS PW_WINDOWS_VER PW_DLL_INSTALL \
     WINEDLLOVERRIDES PW_WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY PW_MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE PW_VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL \
diff --git a/data_from_portwine/scripts/start.sh b/data_from_portwine/scripts/start.sh
index 46f0a986..b0f736dd 100755
--- a/data_from_portwine/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/data_from_portwine/scripts/start.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ if [[ ${1,,} == "cli" ]] ; then
     export PROCESS_LOG="1"
     shift
 fi
+check_variables PW_CLI "0"
 
 if [[ "${1,,}" =~ .ppack$ ]] ; then
     export PW_NO_RESTART_PPDB="1"