# Flox is only using local, not remote from FloxHub

**URL:** <https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-is-only-using-local-not-remote-from-floxhub/1259>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 13, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-is-only-using-local-not-remote-from-floxhub/1259 "2026-06-13T21:08:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![salilsub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/salilsub/32/778_2.png) [@salilsub](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/salilsub)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-is-only-using-local-not-remote-from-floxhub/1259/1 "2026-06-13T21:08:29Z")

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I have an environment I have created locally and pushed to FloxHub. Whenever I try to use the environment using `flox activate -r <owner/environment>`, it always uses the local version, i.e I see `<owner/environment> (local)` instead of `<owner/environment>` and it’s using the older outdated versions of my packages instead of the most updated versions that are in the environment pushed to FloxHub. I’ve tried using `flox pull` and `flox pull -r <owner/environment>`, including using `--force` for both, but they all claim it is up to date. This doesn’t seem to be an issue when I run `flox activate` in the directory where the environment is defined but if I run the command while in any other directory I get this issue

Using Flox 1.8.2 on an M3 Macbook Air.

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**Author:** ![Gil\_Mishal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/gil_mishal/32/844_2.png) [@Gil\_Mishal](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Gil_Mishal)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-is-only-using-local-not-remote-from-floxhub/1259/2 "2026-06-15T17:56:27Z")

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Hi salilsub, Flox 1.8.2 is 5 months old and has a security issue, can you please update to the latest flox version and let me know if the issue persists?