diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js
index 57a175d4ff..3a1cafdf5a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_BUCKET =
   "prod-budi-templates.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
 
 exports.fetch = async function (ctx) {
-  let type = env.TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY || "app"
+  let type = env.TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY
   let response,
     error = false
   try {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.js b/packages/server/src/environment.js
index fd28e4c369..4807ef5493 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS: process.env.ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS,
   DISABLE_THREADING: process.env.DISABLE_THREADING,
   SQL_MAX_ROWS: process.env.SQL_MAX_ROWS,
-  TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY: process.env.TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY,
+  TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY: process.env.TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY || "app",
   _set(key, value) {
     process.env[key] = value
     module.exports[key] = value