diff --git a/.docker/docker-compose.yml b/.docker/docker-compose.yml
index 8ac36de4373e060ffaff29c917f7784e2eeba91a..2166d1420f46901fc4b7a1953a48b49bea61d7b9 100644
--- a/.docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ services:
   caosdb-server:
     image: "$CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG"
     user: 999:999
+    environment:
+      CAOSDB_CONFIG_GRPC_SERVER_CA_PUB_PEM: /opt/caosdb/cert/caosdb.cert.pem
+      CAOSDB_CONFIG_GRPC_SERVER_CA_PRIV_PEM: /opt/caosdb/cert/caosdb.key.pem
+      CAOSDB_CONFIG_GRPC_SERVER_CA_PW: CaosDBSecret
     depends_on:
       - sqldb
     networks: