diff --git a/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/run
index 25e9dd524..4b35b44ab 100755
--- a/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/run
+++ b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/run
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ QUAYCONF=${QUAYCONF:-"$QUAYPATH/conf"}
 DB_CONNECTION_POOLING=${DB_CONNECTION_POOLING:-"true"}
 
 cd ${QUAYDIR:-"/"}
-PYTHONPATH=$QUAYPATH nice -n 10 venv/bin/gunicorn -c $QUAYCONF/gunicorn_registry.py registry:application
+DB_CONNECTION_POOLING=$DB_CONNECTION_POOLING PYTHONPATH=$QUAYPATH nice -n 10 venv/bin/gunicorn -c $QUAYCONF/gunicorn_registry.py registry:application
 
 echo 'Gunicorn exited'
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