diff --git a/.github/workflows/nominatim-docker-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nominatim-docker-test.yml
index d2b081e9a..ec83ebabd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nominatim-docker-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nominatim-docker-test.yml
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Workflow test
       run: echo Smoke test
 
-    # - name: Variable
-    #   run: echo "TEST_KEY=$TEST_KEY" > emission/integrationTests/.env
-
-    # - name: Variable2
-    #   run: cat emission/integrationTests/.env
+    - name: Variable
+      run: echo "TEST_KEY=$TEST_KEY" > emission/integrationTests/.env
 
+    - name: Variable2
+      run: cat emission/integrationTests/.env
 
     - name: Test nominatim
-      run: TEST_KEY=$TEST_KEY docker-compose -f emission/integrationTests/docker-compose.yml up --exit-code-from web-server
+      run: docker-compose -f emission/integrationTests/docker-compose.yml up --exit-code-from web-server
       
 
diff --git a/emission/integrationTests/docker-compose.yml b/emission/integrationTests/docker-compose.yml
index e07056da7..bd192c080 100644
--- a/emission/integrationTests/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/emission/integrationTests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
       - DB_HOST=db
       - WEB_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - NOMINATIM_QUERY_URL=http://rhodeisland-nominatim:8080
+      - TEST_KEY=$TEST_KEY
     volumes:
       # specify the host directory where the source code should live
       # If this is ~/e-mission-server-docker, then you can edit the files at
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ services:
       - PBF_URL=https://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us/rhode-island-latest.osm.pbf
       - REPLICATION_URL=https://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us/rhode-island-updates/
       - IMPORT_WIKIPEDIA=false
-      - TEST_KEY=$TEST_KEY
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
       # healthcheck currently commented out, since it isn't necessary and keeps going the entire time the container is running.