diff --git a/generate_ci_pipeline.py b/generate_ci_pipeline.py
index 4b9dfaa6c9b579c5dd4a8140a8b2ac01a627eda1..fade8594997461b206150f874d9a42e83c8dd8e5 100644
--- a/generate_ci_pipeline.py
+++ b/generate_ci_pipeline.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ run-api-tests:
     needs: [build-api]
     timeout: 30m
     variables:
-        VIDEOAG_API_CONFIG: /code/config/api_example_config.py
+        VIDEOAG_CONFIG: /code/config/api_example_config.py
     image:
         name: registry.git.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de/videoag/backend/{context.env_type()}_api:{context.commit_sha}
         entrypoint: [""]