diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
index 02114b7a..b8001be8 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class validator($version="2.0.0") {
       volumes   => ['/etc/ssl:/etc/ssl',
                     '/etc/metadata-validator:/opt/webapp/mdval',
                     '/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro'],
-      env       => ["SPRING_CONFIG_LOCATION=/opt/webapp/mdval/cfg/",
+      env       => ["SPRING_CONFIG_ADDITIONAL_LOCATION=/opt/webapp/mdval/cfg/",
                     "CERTNAME=${hostname}_infra"],
       extra_parameters => ["--log-driver=syslog"]
    }