diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index f3fb808ff7f..ea1b92f9c57 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ export AZURE_EXTENSION_DEV_SOURCES="$(pwd)/python"
 export CLUSTER_RESOURCEGROUP="${USER}-v4-$LOCATION"
 export CLUSTER_NAME="${USER}-aro-cluster"
 export CLUSTER_VNET="${USER}-aro-vnet"
-ARO_IMAGE=arointsvc.azurecr.io/aro:latest 
+export ARO_IMAGE=arointsvc.azurecr.io/aro:latest 
 
 . secrets/env
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