diff --git a/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml b/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml
index a7dd1ed7..48158a7d 100644
--- a/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ services:
       - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-WARNING}
       - LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED=${LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED}
       - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_LOGLEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_MAX_MISSED_HEARTBEATS_BEFORE_CLUSTER_TERMINATION=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_MAX_MISSED_HEARTBEATS_BEFORE_CLUSTER_TERMINATION}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_TASK_INTERVAL=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_TASK_INTERVAL}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_ENDPOINT=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_ENDPOINT}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_ALLOWED_TYPES=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_ALLOWED_TYPES}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_AMI_ID=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_AMI_ID}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_KEY_NAME=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_KEY_NAME}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SECURITY_GROUP_IDS=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SECURITY_GROUP_IDS}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SUBNET_ID=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SUBNET_ID}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_REGION_NAME=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_REGION_NAME}
+      - CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
       - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
       - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
       - RABBIT_HOST=${RABBIT_HOST}
diff --git a/services/simcore/template.env b/services/simcore/template.env
index 53492b4d..6c278f04 100644
--- a/services/simcore/template.env
+++ b/services/simcore/template.env
@@ -307,3 +307,4 @@ CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SECURITY_GROUP_IDS=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES
 CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SUBNET_ID=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_INSTANCES_SUBNET_ID}
 CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_REGION_NAME=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_REGION_NAME}
 CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_EC2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+CLUSTERS_KEEPER_LOGLEVEL=${CLUSTERS_KEEPER_LOGLEVEL}