diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-config b/src/freedombone-utils-config
index cef3554d..15ce9c83 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-config
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-config
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function read_config_param {
     if [ $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
         if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
             if grep -q "${param_name}=" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
-                ${param_name}=$(cat $CONFIGURATION_FILE | grep "${param_name}=" | head -n 1 | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+                export ${param_name}=$(cat $CONFIGURATION_FILE | grep "${param_name}=" | head -n 1 | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
             fi
         fi
     fi