diff --git a/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb b/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
index ba56e0e..00ca6c6 100644
--- a/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
+++ b/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class KnifeCommands
   "json_class": "Chef::Role",
   "default_attributes": {
     "project": "#{project}",
-    "env": "#{env}"
+    "env": "#{env}",
+    "deploy_env": "#{env}"
   },
   "override_attributes": {},
   "chef_type": "role",