diff --git a/create_db.sh.template b/create_db.sh.template
index b16b835..3bf967f 100644
--- a/create_db.sh.template
+++ b/create_db.sh.template
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ su - postgres -c "PGPASSWORD=\"DESTINATION_POSTGRES_PASSWORD\" psql -U postgres
 
 
 set "PGPASSWORD=\"DESTINATION_POSTGRES_PASSWORD\""
+export "PGPASSWORD=DESTINATION_POSTGRES_PASSWORD"
 su - postgres -c "pg_restore -j 2 -d DESTINATION_DB_NAME /var/backups/DB_BACKUP"
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