diff --git a/infra/main.bicep b/infra/main.bicep
index 20560f807f..483c969186 100644
--- a/infra/main.bicep
+++ b/infra/main.bicep
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ param appServicePlanName string = ''
 param backendServiceName string = ''
 param resourceGroupName string = ''
 
+param datasourceType string = ''
 param searchServiceName string = ''
 param searchServiceResourceGroupName string = ''
 param searchServiceResourceGroupLocation string = location
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ resource searchServiceResourceGroup 'Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2021-04-
   name: !empty(searchServiceResourceGroupName) ? searchServiceResourceGroupName : resourceGroup.name
 }
 
-
 // Create an App Service Plan to group applications under the same payment plan and SKU
 module appServicePlan 'core/host/appserviceplan.bicep' = {
   name: 'appserviceplan'
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ module appServicePlan 'core/host/appserviceplan.bicep' = {
 }
 
 // The application frontend
-var appServiceName = !empty(backendServiceName) ? backendServiceName : '${abbrs.webSitesAppService}backend-${resourceToken}'
+var appServiceName = !empty(backendServiceName)
+  ? backendServiceName
+  : '${abbrs.webSitesAppService}backend-${resourceToken}'
 var authIssuerUri = '${environment().authentication.loginEndpoint}${tenant().tenantId}/v2.0'
 module backend 'core/host/appservice.bicep' = {
   name: 'web'
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ module backend 'core/host/appservice.bicep' = {
     authIssuerUri: authIssuerUri
     appSettings: {
       // search
+      DATASOURCE_TYPE: datasourceType
       AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX: searchIndexName
       AZURE_SEARCH_SERVICE: searchService.outputs.name
       AZURE_SEARCH_KEY: searchService.outputs.adminKey
@@ -141,7 +144,6 @@ module backend 'core/host/appservice.bicep' = {
   }
 }
 
-
 module openAi 'core/ai/cognitiveservices.bicep' = {
   name: 'openai'
   scope: openAiResourceGroup
@@ -206,7 +208,6 @@ module cosmos 'db.bicep' = {
   }
 }
 
-
 // USER ROLES
 module openAiRoleUser 'core/security/role.bicep' = {
   scope: openAiResourceGroup
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ output AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP string = resourceGroup.name
 output BACKEND_URI string = backend.outputs.uri
 
 // search
+output DATASOURCE_TYPE string = datasourceType
 output AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX string = searchIndexName
 output AZURE_SEARCH_SERVICE string = searchService.outputs.name
 output AZURE_SEARCH_SERVICE_RESOURCE_GROUP string = searchServiceResourceGroup.name
diff --git a/infrastructure/deployment.json b/infrastructure/deployment.json
index 1bd9b488ee..4b09d4e8cd 100644
--- a/infrastructure/deployment.json
+++ b/infrastructure/deployment.json
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
                 "description": "Name of Application Insights"
             }
         },
+        "DataSourceType": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "defaultValue": "",
+            "metadata": {
+                "description": "Should be set to AzureCognitiveSearch when adding your data with Azure AI Search"
+            }
+        },
         "AzureSearchService": {
             "type": "string",
             "defaultValue": "",
@@ -392,6 +399,10 @@
                             "name": "APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY",
                             "value": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Insights/components', parameters('ApplicationInsightsName')), '2015-05-01').InstrumentationKey]"
                         },
+                        {
+                            "name": "DATASOURCE_TYPE ",
+                            "value": "[parameters('DataSourceType')]"
+                        },
                         {
                             "name": "AZURE_SEARCH_SERVICE",
                             "value": "[parameters('AzureSearchService')]"
@@ -575,7 +586,7 @@
                         {
                             "name": "UWSGI_THREADS",
                             "value": "2"
-                        }                        
+                        }
                     ],
                     "linuxFxVersion": "[variables('WebAppImageName')]"
                 }
@@ -684,4 +695,4 @@
             ]
         }
     ]
-}
+}
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