diff --git a/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py b/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
index 0b15f084c2514432894cad7ecd8c7ad49cf787eb..a4cfbf606d2e54bbaf2d7f5a040b9d0cd16caf12 100755
--- a/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
+++ b/containers/jug/setup_detectors.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export DETECTOR={detector}
 export DETECTOR_PATH={data_prefix}
 export DETECTOR_CONFIG={detector}
 export DETECTOR_VERSION={version}
+export BEAMLINE_PATH={data_prefix}
 export BEAMLINE_CONFIG={ip}
 export BEAMLINE_CONFIG_VERSION={ip_version}
 ## note: we will phase out the JUGGLER_* flavor of variables in the future