diff --git a/cmd/generate.go b/cmd/generate.go
index 8ce2093..c373b9b 100644
--- a/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/generate.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ var (
 	tokenFetchRetries int
 	templatePaths     []string
 	pluginPath        string
-	cacertPath        string
 	useCompression    bool
 )
 
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ func init() {
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&templatePaths, "template", []string{}, "set the paths for the Jinja 2 templates to use")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pluginPath, "plugin", "", "set the generator plugin path")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outputPath, "output", "o", "", "set the output path for config targets")
-	generateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&cacertPath, "cacert", "", "path to CA cert. (defaults to system CAs)")
 	generateCmd.Flags().IntVar(&tokenFetchRetries, "fetch-retries", 5, "set the number of retries to fetch an access token")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&remoteHost, "host", "http://localhost", "set the remote host")
 	generateCmd.Flags().IntVar(&remotePort, "port", 80, "set the remote port")
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 26ccba7..6d323aa 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	configPath  string
 	config      configurator.Config
+	configPath  string
+	cacertPath  string
 	verbose     bool
 	targets     []string
 	outputPath  string
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", "./config.yaml", "set the config path")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "set to enable verbose output")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cacertPath, "cacert", "", "path to CA cert. (defaults to system CAs)")
 }
 
 func initConfig() {