diff --git a/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py b/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
index 08fd205fd9ce5e4dbafdea5aa4f4832b325bb57b..4495b25d34bf695c696e095fd3e598d772cf0f42 100755
--- a/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
+++ b/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ DETECTOR_ENV ='''
 #!/bin/sh
 export DETECTOR={detector}
 export DETECTOR_PATH={data_prefix}
+export DETECTOR_CONFIG={detector}
 export DETECTOR_VERSION={version}
 export BEAMLINE_CONFIG={ip}
 export BEAMLINE_CONFIG_VERSION={ip_version}
 ## note: we will phase out the JUGGLER_* flavor of variables in the future
 export JUGGLER_DETECTOR=$DETECTOR
+export JUGGLER_DETECTOR_CONFIG=$DETECTOR_CONFIG
 export JUGGLER_DETECTOR_VERSION=$DETECTOR_VERSION
 export JUGGLER_DETECTOR_PATH=$DETECTOR_PATH
 export JUGGLER_BEAMLINE_CONFIG=$BEAMLINE_CONFIG