diff --git a/manifests/base/deployment.yaml b/manifests/base/deployment.yaml
index e0c57aaa4..d1a9f5de8 100644
--- a/manifests/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ spec:
         - secretRef:
             name: joinrpg-main
             optional: false
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: joinrpg-configmap
+            optiona: false
         image: joinrpg-portal
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 5
diff --git a/manifests/dev/.env b/manifests/dev/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d8ad3d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/dev/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TEST_SPEC_ENVIRONMENT=DEV
diff --git a/manifests/dev/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/dev/kustomization.yaml
index 9ac82efea..679a827fa 100644
--- a/manifests/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ namespace: dev
 commonLabels:
   managed-by-kustomize-dev: "true" #Careful. Contains name of the environment, used for kubectl apply --prune
 
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: joinrpg-configmap
+    envs: # now using envs to create a configmap with envvars as keys inside
+      - .env
+
 patchesJson6902:
   - target:
       kind: Ingress
diff --git a/manifests/prod/.env b/manifests/prod/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7340e6635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/prod/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TEST_SPEC_ENVIRONMENT=PROD
diff --git a/manifests/prod/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/prod/kustomization.yaml
index 9133c652e..158b60fdf 100644
--- a/manifests/prod/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prod/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ namespace: prod
 commonLabels:
   managed-by-kustomize-prod: "true" #Careful. Contains name of the environment, used for kubectl apply --prune
 
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: joinrpg-configmap
+    envs: # now using envs to create a configmap with envvars as keys inside
+      - .env
+
 patchesJson6902:
   - target:
       kind: Ingress