diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template
index ddb0724b0..73b894faf 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ server {
     }
     
     # Federation
-    $FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF
+    FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF
 
     # TODO this could be a performance optimization
     #location /vue {
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template
index 42a5a1851..ae43dc94f 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ server {
     }
 
     # Federation
-    $FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF
+    FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF
 
     # TODO this could be a performance optimization
     #location /vue {
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 25cbb59fd..d3d87b8d5 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ case "$NGINX_SSL" in
  true) TEMPLATE_FILE="gradido.conf.ssl.template" ;;
     *) TEMPLATE_FILE="gradido.conf.template" ;;
 esac
-envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/$TEMPLATE_FILE > $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido.conf.tmp
+envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF/\$FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF/g')" < $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/$TEMPLATE_FILE > $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido.conf.tmp
 envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido.conf.tmp > $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido.conf
 # rm $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido-federation.conf