diff --git a/cdk.Dockerfile b/cdk.Dockerfile
index 44ccf0acb..670ae49bd 100644
--- a/cdk.Dockerfile
+++ b/cdk.Dockerfile
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false && poetry install --no-interaction --
 
 RUN poetry add pymysql==1.0.2
 
-CMD ["uvicorn", "--factory", "src.backend.langflow.main:create_app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860", "--reload", "--log-level", "debug"]
+CMD ["sh", "./container-cmd-cdk.sh"]
diff --git a/container-cmd-cdk.sh b/container-cmd-cdk.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b71d0fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-cmd-cdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export LANGFLOW_DATABASE_URL="mysql+pymysql://${username}:${password}@${host}:3306/${dbname}"
+echo $LANGFLOW_DATABASE_URL
+uvicorn --factory src.backend.langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --log-level debug
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