diff --git a/quickstart/local/express/express-dev-env.sh b/quickstart/local/express/express-dev-env.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4fc20695f..fb16be1d8
--- a/quickstart/local/express/express-dev-env.sh
+++ b/quickstart/local/express/express-dev-env.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ function generateEnvFile {
   export ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_RAWNAME="${ZITI_NETWORK}"
 
   export ZITI_HOME=${HOME}/.ziti/quickstart/${ZITI_NETWORK}
+  export ZITI_SCRIPTS="${ZITI_SCRIPT_DIR}/.."
+  export ZITI_SHARED=${ZITI_HOME}
   export ENV_FILE="${ZITI_HOME}/${ZITI_NETWORK}.env"
   "${ZITI_SCRIPT_DIR}/../../docker/image/env.sh"
   echo -e "environment file created and source from: $(BLUE ${ENV_FILE})"