diff --git a/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile b/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile
index 1343f79e22e45d2e79d5732f3a1422baaa39921a..78bdbd77630741b1da6c68d7d346bd3783c743e0 100644
--- a/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-etherpad/Dockerfile
@@ -104,4 +104,5 @@ USER etherpad
 EXPOSE 8080
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=20s --timeout=3s CMD curl --fail http://localhost:8080 || exit 1
 WORKDIR /opt/etherpad-lite/
+ENV ABIWORD "/usr/bin/abiword" #installed here by debian
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/etherpad-lite/entrypoint.sh", "/opt/etherpad-lite/bin/run.sh" ]
diff --git a/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml b/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml
index 112df4563269508ca275a29505c394a9cd30da97..8da398c0053e9cc7472300cb832a49eaf6fa5bd2 100755
--- a/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ services:
       THEME: "colibris"
       TITLE: "Picapad"
       TRUST_PROXY: "true"
-      ABIWORD: "/usr/bin/abiword"
     networks:
       - proxy
       - standard_app-db
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ services:
       THEME: "colibris"
       TITLE: "Picapad Hebdo"
       TRUST_PROXY: "true"
-      ABIWORD: "/usr/bin/abiword"
     depends_on:
       - week_db
     networks: