diff --git a/terraform/scripts/start.sh b/terraform/scripts/start.sh
index c5b82fb..5b85abf 100755
--- a/terraform/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/terraform/scripts/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 REPO_ROOT=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/../..
 
+# Export desktop environment shell configuration
+export $($REPO_ROOT/docker/scripts/environment.sh)
+
 # Destroy the desktop environment cloud virtual machine
 $REPO_ROOT/terraform/scripts/terraform.sh apply \
   -auto-approve \