diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 298bc8c..bff60e3 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-INTELMQ_IS_DOCKER=1
+export INTELMQ_IS_DOCKER=1
 if [[ $1 == "selftest" ]]
 then
-    INTELMQ_TEST_EXOTIC=1
+    export INTELMQ_TEST_EXOTIC=1
     nosetests3 /opt/intelmq/intelmq/tests
 else
-    INTELMQ_API_CONFIG=/opt/intelmq-api/config/config.json
+    export INTELMQ_API_CONFIG=/opt/intelmq-api/config/config.json
     cd intelmq-api && hug -m intelmq_api.serve -p8080
 fi
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