diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 16a4f419..5f507244 100755
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ SHUFFLE_WORKER_SERVER_URL=
 SHUFFLE_ORBORUS_PULL_TIME=
 # Max recursion depth for subflows
 SHUFFLE_MAX_EXECUTION_DEPTH=
+# Amount of app replicas
+SHUFFLE_APP_REPLICAS=3
 
 # DATABASE CONFIGURATIONS
 DATASTORE_EMULATOR_HOST=shuffle-database:8000
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8ab7e3b9..75638774 100755
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ services:
       - HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY}
       - SHUFFLE_PASS_WORKER_PROXY=${SHUFFLE_PASS_WORKER_PROXY}
       - SHUFFLE_PASS_APP_PROXY=${SHUFFLE_PASS_APP_PROXY}
+      - SHUFFLE_APP_REPLICAS=${SHUFFLE_APP_REPLICAS}
       - SHUFFLE_STATS_DISABLED=true
       - SHUFFLE_LOGS_DISABLED=true
       - SHUFFLE_SWARM_CONFIG=run