diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
index 2f6658eeee..fde9673824 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+env: staging
+
 _forward_src: "forward_dev"
 aws_arch_subnets:
   # Your requested instance type (a1.xlarge) is not supported in your requested Availability Zone (us-east-1a).