diff --git a/cloud-deployments/digitalocean/terraform/user_data.tp1 b/cloud-deployments/digitalocean/terraform/user_data.tp1
index cd239c6b456e7f0b0460b074dd08b0bfcbd91aaf..1853f691c5e22df938939af5cc338744482ef909 100644
--- a/cloud-deployments/digitalocean/terraform/user_data.tp1
+++ b/cloud-deployments/digitalocean/terraform/user_data.tp1
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ sudo systemctl enable docker
 sudo systemctl start docker  
   
 mkdir -p /home/anythingllm
-touch /home/anythingllm/.env
-  
+cat <<EOF >/home/anythingllm/.env
+${env_content}
+EOF
+
 sudo docker pull mintplexlabs/anythingllm
 sudo docker run -d -p 3001:3001 --cap-add SYS_ADMIN -v /home/anythingllm:/app/server/storage -v /home/anythingllm/.env:/app/server/.env -e STORAGE_DIR="/app/server/storage" mintplexlabs/anythingllm
 echo "Container ID: $(sudo docker ps --latest --quiet)"