diff --git a/provider/indexer-gcp/scripts/deploy2gcp.sh.tmpl b/provider/indexer-gcp/scripts/deploy2gcp.sh.tmpl
index 269585f74061f31dc85360dfabdbfef2d472495d..b3f5589121c6763544d3a2528b479a157bf5fd94 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-gcp/scripts/deploy2gcp.sh.tmpl
+++ b/provider/indexer-gcp/scripts/deploy2gcp.sh.tmpl
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ then
         sed -i -e "s|CRON_JOB_IP_VAR|$CRON_JOB_IP|g" app.yaml
         sed -i -e "s|LEGAL_HOSTNAME_VAR|$LEGAL_HOSTNAME|g" app.yaml
         sed -i -e "s|REGION_VAR|$REGION|g" app.yaml
+        sed -i -e "s|ENVIRONMENT|$ENVIRONMENT|g" app.yaml
 
         echo "Content of app.yaml:"
         cat app.yaml
diff --git a/provider/indexer-gcp/src/main/appengine/app.yaml b/provider/indexer-gcp/src/main/appengine/app.yaml
index 905d3b69f69ed2b4d652bf0ce3d54eba101fcd0a..dee4515740c38e195f4afeada8a4b66471a32833 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-gcp/src/main/appengine/app.yaml
+++ b/provider/indexer-gcp/src/main/appengine/app.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ env_variables:
   CRON_JOB_IP: "CRON_JOB_IP_VAR"
   LEGAL_HOSTNAME: "LEGAL_HOSTNAME_VAR"
   REGION: "REGION_VAR"
+  SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE: 'ENVIRONMENT'