diff --git a/frontend/.env.template b/frontend/.env.template
index 4e4a86d08..10c42daa9 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.template
+++ b/frontend/.env.template
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ META_KEYWORDS_DE=$META_KEYWORDS_DE
 META_KEYWORDS_EN=$META_KEYWORDS_EN
 META_AUTHOR=$META_AUTHOR
 GRAPHQL_URI=$GRAPHQL_URI
-DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_ID=2896
+DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_ID=$DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_ID
 ADMIN_AUTH_URL=$ADMIN_AUTH_URL
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