diff --git a/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh b/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh
index d485025cc..60f2ee7c5 100755
--- a/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh
+++ b/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh
@@ -109,8 +109,14 @@ git checkout $frontendDriverVersion
 npm install
 npm run build
 
+export API_PORT=$API_PORT
+export TEST_MODE=testing
+export SUPERTOKENS_CORE_TAG=$coreTag
+export NODE_PORT=8081
+export INSTALL_PATH=../supertokens-root
+
 TEST_FILES=$(circleci tests glob "test/**/*.test.js")
-API_PORT=$API_PORT TEST_MODE=testing SUPERTOKENS_CORE_TAG=$coreTag NODE_PORT=8081 INSTALL_PATH=../supertokens-root echo "$TEST_FILES" | circleci tests run --command="xargs npx mocha mocha --node-option no-experimental-fetch -r test/fetch-polyfill.mjs --timeout 500000 --no-config" --verbose --split-by=timings
+echo "$TEST_FILES" | circleci tests run --command="xargs npx mocha mocha --node-option no-experimental-fetch -r test/fetch-polyfill.mjs --timeout 500000 --no-config" --verbose --split-by=timings
 
 # kill test-server
 kill $(lsof -t -i:$API_PORT)
diff --git a/.circleci/setupAndTestWithFreeCore.sh b/.circleci/setupAndTestWithFreeCore.sh
index be84fbcdb..a03963f19 100755
--- a/.circleci/setupAndTestWithFreeCore.sh
+++ b/.circleci/setupAndTestWithFreeCore.sh
@@ -89,5 +89,10 @@ cd ../project/
 # Set the script to exit on error
 set -e
 
+export TEST_MODE=testing
+export SUPERTOKENS_CORE_TAG=$coreTag
+export NODE_PORT=8081
+export INSTALL_PATH=../supertokens-root
+
 TEST_FILES=$(circleci tests glob "test/**/*.test.js")
-TEST_MODE=testing SUPERTOKENS_CORE_TAG=$coreTag NODE_PORT=8081 INSTALL_PATH=../supertokens-root echo "$TEST_FILES" | circleci tests run --command="xargs npx mocha mocha --node-option no-experimental-fetch --timeout 40000 --no-config" --verbose --split-by=timings
+echo "$TEST_FILES" | circleci tests run --command="xargs npx mocha mocha --node-option no-experimental-fetch --timeout 40000 --no-config" --verbose --split-by=timings