diff --git a/scripts/hab-build-and-push.sh b/scripts/hab-build-and-push.sh
index 40df6a3f88c8f83033134c2d4cdd40fe271b3dae..a9290dff3223a3825898bc013addd115c5d12cae 100755
--- a/scripts/hab-build-and-push.sh
+++ b/scripts/hab-build-and-push.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ rm /usr/bin/env
 ln -s "$(hab pkg path core/coreutils)/bin/env" /usr/bin/env
 hab pkg install -b core/coreutils core/bash core/node core/git core/aws-cli
 
+# todo: consider more elegant ways to accomplish this
+cp scripts/default.env .env
+
 npm ci --verbose --no-progress
 npm run build
 mkdir dist/pages