diff --git a/goofy-client/apps/goofy-e2e/start-e2e-environment.sh b/goofy-client/apps/goofy-e2e/start-e2e-environment.sh
index cb35b1ea66542ef9e83406a11383b95847581ce6..7007869b39a5897d87749d22ec5439672935fcd0 100755
--- a/goofy-client/apps/goofy-e2e/start-e2e-environment.sh
+++ b/goofy-client/apps/goofy-e2e/start-e2e-environment.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ echo
 
 if [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ];
 then
-	DOCKER_GATEWAY_HOST=172.17.0.1
+	export DOCKER_GATEWAY_HOST=172.17.0.1
 fi
 docker compose -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/docker-compose.yml up -d ozg-mongodb ozg-usermanager ozg-elastic