diff --git a/.woodpecker.star b/.woodpecker.star
index e142a2ac43..4eebc60343 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.star
+++ b/.woodpecker.star
@@ -2316,6 +2316,7 @@ def opencloudServer(storage = "decomposed", depends_on = [], deploy_type = "", e
     user = "0:0"
     container_name = OC_SERVER_NAME
     environment = {
+        "OC_CI_ENVIRONMENT": "true",
         "OC_URL": OC_URL,
         "OC_CONFIG_DIR": "/root/.opencloud/config",  # needed for checking config later
         "STORAGE_USERS_DRIVER": "%s" % storage,
diff --git a/opencloud/cmd/opencloud/main.go b/opencloud/cmd/opencloud/main.go
index 4b2d7a29f9..69aac9a23a 100644
--- a/opencloud/cmd/opencloud/main.go
+++ b/opencloud/cmd/opencloud/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func main() {
 	// INFO: this is a hotfix, we need to replace suture and wait for nats to
 	//       gracefully shutdown using rungroups
 	// 		 see https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/issues/2282
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_SERVER_URL") == "" {
+	if os.Getenv("OC_CI_ENVIRONMENT") == "true" {
 		fmt.Println("Waiting for 30 seconds before exiting...")
 		time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
 		fmt.Println("Exiting...")