diff --git a/docker/dashboard.sh b/docker/dashboard.sh
index 8b716c61b..5dcc88057 100644
--- a/docker/dashboard.sh
+++ b/docker/dashboard.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 export DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgresml:postgresml@127.0.0.1:5432/postgresml
+export SITE_SEARCH_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgresml:postgresml@127.0.0.1:5432/postgresml
 export DASHBOARD_STATIC_DIRECTORY=/usr/share/pgml-dashboard/dashboard-static
 export DASHBOARD_CMS_DIRECTORY=/usr/share/pgml-cms
 export SEARCH_INDEX_DIRECTORY=/var/lib/pgml-dashboard/search-index