diff --git a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
index 7d3e6960dc..4506467791 100644
--- a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ services:
       REDIS_PASSWORD: ${REDIS_PASSWORD}
       BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL: ${BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL}
       BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD: ${BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD}
+      PLUGINS_DIR: ${PLUGINS_DIR}
     depends_on:
       - worker-service
       - redis-service
+#    volumes:
+#      - /some/path/to/plugins:/plugins
 
   worker-service:
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.js b/packages/server/src/environment.js
index 5a7aa61b9d..5524159a78 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = {
   SQL_MAX_ROWS: process.env.SQL_MAX_ROWS,
   BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL: process.env.BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL,
   BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD: process.env.BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD,
-  PLUGINS_DIR: process.env.PLUGINS_DIR,
+  PLUGINS_DIR: process.env.PLUGINS_DIR || "/plugins",
   // flags
   ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS: process.env.ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS,
   DISABLE_THREADING: process.env.DISABLE_THREADING,