Maya userSetup.py not executing on startup from network location using env vars

Question

I've set an environment variable to point to a scripts folder where i placed userSetup.py however the script never seems to run. Here is my configuration.

following env var is set:

MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH = 'Q:Studio\pipeline\apps\maya\scripts'

In this folder i have a python script userSetup.py

################################################################################
# Imports
################################################################################
import os
import sys


def main():
    print('----------main----------')


def init():
    print('----------executeDeferred----------')


main()
executeDeferred(init)

When i launch maya i would expect it to show the print statement for the deferred fn. however nothing ever shows. What's wrong here?

keep in mind the users could have local usersetup.py files, however this is a py file so it should still execute.