diff --git a/roles/lokole/templates/settings.env.j2 b/roles/lokole/templates/settings.env.j2
index 81ab2f417..e1d15bdfc 100644
--- a/roles/lokole/templates/settings.env.j2
+++ b/roles/lokole/templates/settings.env.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-OPWEN_SIM_TYPE='{{ lokole_sim_type }}'
+OPWEN_SETTINGS='{{ lokole_run_directory }}/settings.env'
 OPWEN_STATE_DIRECTORY='{{ lokole_run_directory }}'
 OPWEN_APP_ROOT='{{ lokole_url }}/'
 OPWEN_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_MB=10
 OPWEN_SYNC_SCHEDULE='1,16,31,46 * * * *'
 OPWEN_SESSION_KEY='{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null chars=ascii_letters,digits,_ length=32') }}'
 OPWEN_PASSWORD_SALT='{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null chars=ascii_letters,digits,_ length=16') }}'
+OPWEN_SIM_TYPE='{{ lokole_sim_type }}'