diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs
index d311a8d528..7854643a8d 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::{
     common::{capitalize, read_result, set_logs},
     create_args_and_out_file, get_reserved_variables, handle_child, write_file,
     AuthedClientBackgroundTask, DISABLE_NSJAIL, DISABLE_NUSER, GOPRIVATE, GOPROXY,
-    GO_BIN_CACHE_DIR, GO_CACHE_DIR, HOME_ENV, NETRC, NSJAIL_PATH, PATH_ENV,
+    GO_BIN_CACHE_DIR, GO_CACHE_DIR, HOME_ENV, NSJAIL_PATH, PATH_ENV,
 };
 
 const GO_REQ_SPLITTER: &str = "//go.sum\n";
@@ -238,9 +238,6 @@ func Run(req Req) (interface{{}}, error){{
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .spawn()?
     } else {
-        if let Some(ref netrc) = *NETRC {
-            write_file(&HOME_ENV, ".netrc", netrc).await?;
-        }
         let mut run_go = Command::new("./main");
         run_go
             .current_dir(job_dir)
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
index 925be5ccb4..364aa5dfc7 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ pub async fn run_worker<R: rsmq_async::RsmqConnection + Send + Sync + Clone + 's
     let worker_dir = format!("{TMP_DIR}/{worker_name}");
     tracing::debug!(worker_dir = %worker_dir, worker_name = %worker_name, "Creating worker dir");
 
+    if let Some(ref netrc) = *NETRC {
+        tracing::info!("Writing netrc at {}/.netrc: {}", HOME_ENV.as_str(), netrc);
+        write_file(&HOME_ENV, ".netrc", netrc).await.expect("could not write netrc");
+    }
+
     DirBuilder::new()
         .recursive(true)
         .create(&worker_dir)