diff --git a/docker_tasks/vector_ingest/Dockerfile b/docker_tasks/vector_ingest/Dockerfile
index 546e6a83..69c05ae3 100644
--- a/docker_tasks/vector_ingest/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker_tasks/vector_ingest/Dockerfile
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+ENV FOOBAR="FOOBAZ"
+
 COPY handler.py handler.py