diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bd4067014ceeac139c627a6db11f1f3eb231dd31..f9cdc3ec0696e0624266bec2a32d58799ab04b0b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ services:
       TOMCAT_PROXY_URL: "${TOMCAT_PROXY_URL}"
       DB_API_BASE_URL: "${DB_API_BASE_URL}"
       JOURNALING: "${JOURNALING}"
+      FERNET_ENCRYPTION_SECRET: "${FERNET_ENCRYPTION_SECRET}"
     entrypoint: ["python3", "frost_setup.py"]