diff --git a/scripts/deployment.sh b/scripts/deployment.sh
index 8c6c1904025ebeb6733682091dd3d1791c05a8a9..41cb65cb70537265578703085319fba3be6d7b00 100755
--- a/scripts/deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/deployment.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ echo "DEBUG_1 $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5"
 #if null (var + trim empty strings)
 if [ -z ${1+x} ]; then ENTRYPOINT=`pwd`; else ENTRYPOINT=$1; fi
 if [ -z ${2+x} ]; then echo "No user input for starting repository location. Default value: $GIT_REPO"; else GIT_REPO=$2; fi
-if [ -z ${3+x} ]; then SERVER_DOMAIN=dls.fz-juelich.de; else SERVER_DOMAIN=$3; fi
-if [ -z ${3+x} ]; then unset AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND; else AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND=$4; fi
-if [ -z ${3+x} ]; then unset AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARGS; else AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARGS=$5; fi
+if [ -z ${3+x} ]; then export SERVER_DOMAIN=dls.fz-juelich.de; else export SERVER_DOMAIN=$3; fi
+if [ -z ${3+x} ]; then unset AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND; else export AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND=$4; fi
+if [ -z ${3+x} ]; then unset AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARGS; else export AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARGS=$5; fi
 
 echo "DEBUG_2 $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5"
 echo "DEBUG values: OLD_DIR=$OLD_DIR, ENTRYPOINT_DIR=$ENTRYPOINT and GIT_REPO=$GIT_REPO"