diff --git a/docker/apache/000-default.conf b/docker/apache/000-default.conf
index 7b5f392..c2fa79d 100644
--- a/docker/apache/000-default.conf
+++ b/docker/apache/000-default.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   ServerAdmin works@chiefsoft.com
   ServerName blogdata.mermsemr.com
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/public
+
+  PassEnv CI_ENVIRONMENT
   
   <Directory /var/www/html>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
diff --git a/system/CodeIgniter.php b/system/CodeIgniter.php
index ab06be7..24ad148 100644
--- a/system/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ class CodeIgniter
     protected function detectEnvironment()
     {
         // Make sure ENVIRONMENT isn't already set by other means.
-	$_SERVER['CI_ENVIRONMENT'] = getenv('CI_ENVIRONMENT');
         if (! defined('ENVIRONMENT')) {
             define('ENVIRONMENT', $_SERVER['CI_ENVIRONMENT'] ?? 'production');
         }