diff --git a/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 93455beec4..a2b9faca92 100644
--- a/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.9")
 message(STATUS "EXTERNAL_MODULES_DIR: ${EXTERNAL_MODULES_DIR}")
 
 string(REGEX MATCH "BUILD_FOR_BUNDLE" BUILD_FOR_BUNDLE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+
+# It is important to distinguish between directory hierarchies
+# in release and dev builds. Release contains .env
+# in the root dir of the build, while dev build's current dir
+# is status-react/desktop/bin, hence the need
+# to jump two levels up.
+# This is required by react-native-config library which references ENVFILE
+# from its own CMakeLists.txt file, so it will read the value set here
 if(${BUILD_FOR_BUNDLE} MATCHES "BUILD_FOR_BUNDLE")
   set(ENVFILE "/.env")
 else()