diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78566dbbc..0be98f96b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ docker/cloud/build:
 	docker build -f docker/cloud/Dockerfile -t go-nitro-cloud .
 docker/cloud/start:
 	docker remove go-nitro-cloud || true
-	docker run -it -d --name go-nitro-cloud -p 3005:3005 -p 4005:4005 -p 5005:5005 go-nitro-cloud
+	docker run -it -d --name go-nitro-cloud -p 3005:3005 -p 4005:4005 -p 5005:5005 -e NITRO_CONFIG_PATH="./nitro_config/iris.toml" go-nitro-cloud
 
 docker/cloud/push:
 	docker tag go-nitro-cloud:latest registry.digitalocean.com/magmo/go-nitro:latest