diff --git a/ui/bunkerized-nginx-ui.service b/ui/bunkerized-nginx-ui.service
index 826169c..cdd71a6 100644
--- a/ui/bunkerized-nginx-ui.service
+++ b/ui/bunkerized-nginx-ui.service
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ After=network.target
 User=nginx
 Group=nginx
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/bunkerized-nginx/ui
+EnvironmentFile=/opt/bunkerized-nginx/ui/variables.env
 ExecStart=gunicorn --bind 127.0.0.1:5000 -m 007 wsgi:app
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/ui/variables.env b/ui/variables.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c637177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/variables.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DOCKER_HOST=