diff --git a/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh b/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh
index b22812dd9..1b8834b89 100755
--- a/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 priv_key="02fd74636e96a8ffac8e7b01b0de8dea94d6bcf4989513b38cf59eb32163ff91"
 
+source ./vars.env
 
 $BOOTNODE_BINARY --nodekeyhex $priv_key
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