diff --git a/.env.development.local.template b/.env.development.local.template
index c1ba5363..3a4b7100 100644
--- a/.env.development.local.template
+++ b/.env.development.local.template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0
 [gateway]
 RUCIO_AUTH_HOST=https://rucio-devmaany.cern.ch:443
 RUCIO_HOST=https://rucio-devmaany.cern.ch:443
+RULE_ACTIVITY=User Subscriptions
 PARAMS_ENCODING_ENABLED=false
 
 [oidc]
diff --git a/src/lib/core/port/secondary/env-config-gateway-output-port.ts b/src/lib/core/port/secondary/env-config-gateway-output-port.ts
index 9974fc92..bb844f8d 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/port/secondary/env-config-gateway-output-port.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core/port/secondary/env-config-gateway-output-port.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ export default interface EnvConfigGatewayOutputPort {
      */
     projectURL(): Promise<string>;
 
+    /**
+     * @returns the rule activity string
+     */
+    ruleActivity(): Promise<string>;
+
     /**
      * @returns whether the query parameters should get URI encoded
      */
diff --git a/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/env-config-gateway.ts b/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/env-config-gateway.ts
index d3f6c063..1c897c8c 100644
--- a/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/env-config-gateway.ts
+++ b/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/env-config-gateway.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ class EnvConfigGateway implements EnvConfigGatewayOutputPort {
         return Promise.resolve(true);
     }
 
+    async ruleActivity(): Promise<string> {
+        const value = await this.get('RULE_ACTIVITY');
+        // Return a default value if the environmental variable is not specified
+        return value ?? 'User Subscriptions';
+    }
+
     async get(key: string, required: boolean = false): Promise<string | undefined> {
         let value = process.env[key];
         if (value !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/rule-gateway/endpoints/create-rule-endpoint.ts b/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/rule-gateway/endpoints/create-rule-endpoint.ts
index 19e247fc..00808210 100644
--- a/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/rule-gateway/endpoints/create-rule-endpoint.ts
+++ b/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/rule-gateway/endpoints/create-rule-endpoint.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default class CreateRuleEndpoint extends BaseEndpoint<CreateRuleDTO> {
         const rucioHost = await this.envConfigGateway.rucioHost();
         const endpoint = `${rucioHost}/rules/`;
 
-        this.params.activity = 'User Subscriptions';
+        this.params.activity = await this.envConfigGateway.ruleActivity();
 
         const request: HTTPRequest = {
             method: 'POST',