diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index 17af55c4..b0d8b530 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -445,5 +445,21 @@ func GetAppComposeConfig(recipe string, opts stack.Deploy, appEnv AppEnv) (*comp
 
 	logrus.Debugf("retrieved %s for %s", compose.Filename, recipe)
 
+	ExposeAllEnv(compose, appEnv)
+
 	return compose, nil
 }
+
+// expose all env variables to the app container
+func ExposeAllEnv(compose *composetypes.Config, appEnv AppEnv) {
+	for _, service := range compose.Services {
+		if service.Name == "app" {
+			logrus.Debug("Add the following environment to the app service config:")
+			for k, v := range appEnv {
+				value := v
+				service.Environment[k] = &value
+				logrus.Debugf("Key: %s Value: %s", k, value)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}