diff --git a/portal/system/db/.env-production b/portal/system/db/.env-production
index 056ef4ad..b53167df 100644
--- a/portal/system/db/.env-production
+++ b/portal/system/db/.env-production
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-MY_USER="{production_username}"
-MY_DATABASE="{production_database}"
-MY_PASSWORD="{production_password}"
-MY_HOST="{production_host}"
+MY_USER="${production_username}"
+MY_DATABASE="${production_database}"
+MY_PASSWORD="${production_password}"
+MY_HOST="${production_host}"