diff --git a/teuthology/run.py b/teuthology/run.py
index 643955d37..383a74c93 100644
--- a/teuthology/run.py
+++ b/teuthology/run.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def main(args):
     # FIXME this should become more generic, and the keys should use
     # '_' uniformly
     if fake_ctx.config.get('interactive-on-error'):
-        teuth_config.config.ctx = fake_ctx
+        teuth_config.ctx = fake_ctx
 
     try:
         run_tasks(tasks=config['tasks'], ctx=fake_ctx)
diff --git a/teuthology/test/test_run.py b/teuthology/test/test_run.py
index c2bcff4ab..fbb74403a 100644
--- a/teuthology/test/test_run.py
+++ b/teuthology/test/test_run.py
@@ -216,6 +216,48 @@ def test_main(self, m_report_outcome, m_run_tasks, m_fetch_tasks_if_needed, m_ge
         assert fake_ctx["config"]["os_type"] == "os_type"
         assert fake_ctx["config"]["os_version"] == "os_version"
 
+    @patch("teuthology.run.set_up_logging")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.setup_config")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.get_user")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.write_initial_metadata")
+    @patch("teuthology.report.try_push_job_info")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.get_machine_type")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.get_summary")
+    @patch("yaml.safe_dump")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.validate_tasks")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.get_initial_tasks")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.fetch_tasks_if_needed")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.run_tasks")
+    @patch("teuthology.run.report_outcome")
+    def test_main_interactive(
+        self,
+        m_report_outcome,
+        m_run_tasks,
+        m_fetch_tasks_if_needed,
+        m_get_initial_tasks,
+        m_validate_tasks,
+        m_safe_dump,
+        m_get_summary,
+        m_get_machine_type,
+        m_try_push_job_info,
+        m_write_initial_metadata,
+        m_get_user,
+        m_setup_config,
+        m_set_up_logging,
+    ):
+        config = {"job_id": 1}
+        m_setup_config.return_value = config
+        m_get_machine_type.return_value = "machine_type"
+        doc = scripts_run.__doc__
+        args = docopt.docopt(doc, [
+            "--interactive-on-error",
+            "path/to/config.yml",
+        ])
+        run.main(args)
+        args, kwargs = m_run_tasks.call_args
+        fake_ctx = kwargs["ctx"]._conf
+        assert fake_ctx['interactive_on_error'] is True
+
     def test_get_teuthology_command(self):
         doc = scripts_run.__doc__
         args = docopt.docopt(doc, [