diff --git a/codepot/docker/apache2-fg.sh b/codepot/docker/apache2-fg.sh
index c78751c0..5fd15992 100755
--- a/codepot/docker/apache2-fg.sh
+++ b/codepot/docker/apache2-fg.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ grep -F -q  '<Location "/">' /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/codepot.conf || {
 EOF
 }
 
+sed -r -i "s|PerlSetEnv CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE .*\$|PerlSetEnv CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE ${CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE}|g" /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/codepot.conf
+
+
 ## change the port number as specified on the command line
 echo "Configuring to listen on the port[$SERVICE_PORT] hide-index-page[$HIDE_INDEX_PAGE] https-redirected[$HTTPS_REDIRECTED]"
 
diff --git a/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh b/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh
index e4db4bd7..c26973cf 100755
--- a/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh
+++ b/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ grep -F -q 'env[CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE]' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf || {
 	echo "env[CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE] = ${CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE}" >> /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
 }
 
+sed -r -i "s|PerlSetEnv CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE .*\$|PerlSetEnv CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE ${CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE}|g" /etc/httpd/conf.d/codepot.conf
+
 ## change the port number as specified on the command line
 echo "Configuring to listen on the port[$SERVICE_PORT] hide-index-page[$HIDE_INDEX_PAGE] https-redirected[$HTTPS_REDIRECTED]"