diff --git a/roles/ufmonitor/templates/update-ufmonitor.j2 b/roles/ufmonitor/templates/update-ufmonitor.j2
index 5610a53ecc..6dc17ce481 100644
--- a/roles/ufmonitor/templates/update-ufmonitor.j2
+++ b/roles/ufmonitor/templates/update-ufmonitor.j2
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 # This job handles updating the ufmonitor database with new data from a pagure instance
 #
 
-export POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD='{{ ufmonitor_db_password }}'
-docker run --add-host=postgres:{{ ufmonitor_db_host}} {{ updater_container_image }}
+docker run --add-host=postgres:{{ ufmonitor_db_host}} -e POSTGRES_DB_PASSWORD="{{ ufmonitor_db_password }}" {{ updater_container_image }}