diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index baaa67aa8..b6d30d6bf 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ echo "START /entrypoint.sh"
 
 set +e
 
-export PYGEOAPI_HOME=/pygeoapi
-export PYGEOAPI_CONFIG="${PYGEOAPI_HOME}/local.config.yml"
-export PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI="${PYGEOAPI_HOME}/local.openapi.yml"
+export PYGEOAPI_HOME="${PYGEOAPI_HOME:-/pygeoapi}"
+export PYGEOAPI_CONFIG="${PYGEOAPI_CONFIG:-${PYGEOAPI_HOME}/local.config.yml}"
+export PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI="${PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI:-${PYGEOAPI_HOME}/local.openapi.yml}"
 
 # gunicorn env settings with defaults
 SCRIPT_NAME=${SCRIPT_NAME:=/}