diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_container.sh b/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_container.sh
index c5ab35a32..749948aad 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_container.sh
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_container.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ container_name=$1
 
 echo "container_name=$container_name"
 echo "enroot start"
-enroot start --rw -e NOTEBOOK_ROOT="$NOTEBOOK_ROOT" -e CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_FILE" -e PORT="$port" $container_name $THIS_DIR/start_rstudio.sh
+enroot start --rw -e NOTEBOOK_ROOT="$NOTEBOOK_ROOT" -e CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_FILE" -e port="$port" $container_name $THIS_DIR/start_rstudio.sh
 echo "enroot remove"
 enroot remove -f $container_name
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_rstudio.sh b/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_rstudio.sh
index 29806f36a..07d7b1af6 100755
--- a/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_rstudio.sh
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ood-applications/files/bc_rstudio/template/start_rstudio.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ EOF
 
 # Launch the Rstudio server
 set -x
-/usr/lib/rstudio-server/bin/rserver --www-port ${PORT}
+/usr/lib/rstudio-server/bin/rserver --www-port ${port}