diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c7411124924822f0a934ecac462b0cda45919bf9..4c31c29c73f55a25ad6833ba874f3d26cb42a252 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 8080
 EXPOSE 8081
 
+ENV MONGODB_URI=""
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
 ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
 WORKDIR /src