diff --git a/cmd/profile.go b/cmd/profile.go
index bfdb2cdc..918c081d 100644
--- a/cmd/profile.go
+++ b/cmd/profile.go
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ var profileSetDefaultCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Set a profile as default",
 	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// ensure profile is initialized
+		InitProfile(cmd, false)
+
 		profileName := args[0]
 
 		print := cli.NewPrinter(true)
diff --git a/pkg/profiles/profile.go b/pkg/profiles/profile.go
index 0bb995b6..05932038 100644
--- a/pkg/profiles/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/profiles/profile.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package profiles
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 // TODO:
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ type CurrentProfileStore struct {
 	config ProfileConfig
 }
 
-const PROFILE_DRIVER_KEYRING = "keyring"
-const PROFILE_DRIVER_IN_MEMORY = "in-memory"
-const PROFILE_DRIVER_DEFAULT = PROFILE_DRIVER_KEYRING
+const (
+	PROFILE_DRIVER_KEYRING   = "keyring"
+	PROFILE_DRIVER_IN_MEMORY = "in-memory"
+	PROFILE_DRIVER_DEFAULT   = PROFILE_DRIVER_KEYRING
+)
 
 type profileConfigVariadicFunc func(profileConfig) profileConfig