diff --git a/docker/entrypoint b/docker/entrypoint
index 3604fce5..0b39bfed 100644
--- a/docker/entrypoint
+++ b/docker/entrypoint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@$POSTGRES_HOST:$POSTGRES_PORT/$POSTGRES_DB"
+echo 'export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@$POSTGRES_HOST:$POSTGRES_PORT/$POSTGRES_DB' >> /etc/environment
 
 PGPASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD psql -h $POSTGRES_HOST -p $POSTGRES_PORT -U $POSTGRES_USER -d $POSTGRES_DB --command 'select 1;'