diff --git a/config b/config
index 38b4aad2a46567b7e1cb627b6dd16166cbb9a53b..76dce0191c9904cee8a8486d041d684a3d2a3eec 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set_additional_envvars() {
   API_PORT=5009
   UI_HOSTPORT=5089
   OPTO_BASE_IMAGE=${GL_REGISTRY}/${GL_ROOTGROUP}/${GL_SUBGROUP}/itk-demo-optoboard/opto-base-image:latest
+  API_IMAGE=${GL_REGISTRY}/${GL_ROOTGROUP}/${GL_SUBGROUP}/itk-demo-optoboard/itk-demo-optoboard-api:latest
 
   # GL_PROJECTID=123155
   
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ write_additional_dotenv() {
   say "Additional ${1:-.}/.env"
 cat <<-EOF >> ${1:-.}/.env || true
 OPTO_BASE_IMAGE=${OPTO_BASE_IMAGE}
+API_IMAGE=${API_IMAGE}
 CONFIGDB_API_KEY=${CONFIGDB_API_KEY}
 RABBITMQ_IMAGE=${RABBITMQ_IMAGE}
 RABBITMQ_KEY=${RABBITMQ_KEY}