diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml
index 8ce5cec1f..e899a8893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_check_schema.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-schema:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      API_PRODUCTION_WORKERS: 0
+      RAY_ENABLED: False
+      COMPOSE_PROFILES: ""
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Start Docker Containers
@@ -22,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           chmod -R a+rwx backend_repo/ models_cache/ spacy_models/
           python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray
           export GID=$(id -g)
-          export API_PRODUCTION_WORKERS=0
-          export RAY_CONFIG="./config_test_no_gpu.yaml"
           docker compose -f compose-test.yml up -d --quiet-pull postgres
           echo Waiting for containers to start...
           sleep 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml
index 805652993..bea026b6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_unit_tests.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "Environment: $ENVIRONMENT"
   run-unit-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      API_PRODUCTION_WORKERS: 0
+      # disable backend and frontend
+      COMPOSE_PROFILES: ""
+      RAY_ENABLED: False
+      POSTRES_DB: dwts-test
     steps:
       - name: Set Swap Space to 10GB
         uses: pierotofy/set-swap-space@master
@@ -64,11 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           chmod -R a+rwx backend_repo/ models_cache/ spacy_models/
           python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray
           export GID=$(id -g)
-          export API_PRODUCTION_WORKERS=0
-          # disable backend and frontend
-          export COMPOSE_PROFILES=
-          export RAY_ENABLED=False
-          export POSTRES_DB=dwts-test
           docker compose -f compose-test.yml up -d --quiet-pull
           echo Waiting for containers to start...
           sleep 30
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml b/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml
index 1dd1dc082..6a7dc23a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-openapi-spec.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-openapi-spec:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      API_PRODUCTION_WORKERS: 0
+      RAY_ENABLED: False
+      API_EXPOSED: 5500
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Checkout PR
@@ -27,9 +31,6 @@ jobs:
           chmod -R a+rwx backend_repo/ models_cache/ spacy_models/
           python monkey_patch_docker_compose_for_backend_tests.py --disable_ray
           export GID=$(id -g)
-          export API_PRODUCTION_WORKERS=0
-          export RAY_ENABLED=False
-          export API_EXPOSED=5500
           docker compose -f compose-test.yml up -d --quiet-pull
           echo Waiting for containers to start...
       - name: Setup node