diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-snowballtools-base-backend.yml b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-snowballtools-base-backend.yml
index 3445ed9..4e9b837 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-snowballtools-base-backend.yml
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-snowballtools-base-backend.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ services:
   snowballtools-base-backend:
     image: cerc/snowballtools-base-backend:local
     restart: always
+    environment:
+      CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG: ${CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG}
+      SNOWBALL_BACKEND_CONFIG_FILE_PATH: ${SNOWBALL_BACKEND_CONFIG_FILE_PATH}
     volumes:
       - data:/data
       - config:/config:ro