diff --git a/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms.service b/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms.service
index d8dcf8e7830906a225b18b7ff7544eb2b56e2ec8..f483c7733d2cf4efc5b134802003cfa8f8e86d9f 100644
--- a/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms.service
+++ b/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ User=daemon
 Group=metobsgrp
 RuntimeDirectory=sparc_cms
 WorkingDirectory=/tmp
+Environment=PYTHONPATH=/opt/metobs/sparc_cms/repos/git/sparchive/sparc_cms
 ExecStart=/opt/metobs/sparc_cms/bin/gunicorn --pid /run/sparc_cms/pid   \
           --bind unix:/run/sparc_cms/socket --workers 8 -n sparc_cms   \
           --max-requests 1000 sparc_cms.wsgi:application
diff --git a/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms_dev.service b/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms_dev.service
index 270307026a083b6d6d0e1360d05ab51893bd970c..d179d45b61695941e9a8cc70ff874d2db8ccb520 100644
--- a/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms_dev.service
+++ b/sparc_cms/etc/systemd/system/sparc_cms_dev.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ User=daemon
 Group=metobsgrp
 RuntimeDirectory=sparc_cms
 WorkingDirectory=/tmp
+Environment=PYTHONPATH=/opt/metobs/sparc_cms_dev/repos/git/sparchive/sparc_cms
 ExecStart=/opt/metobs/sparc_cms_dev/bin/gunicorn --pid /run/sparc_cms_dev/pid   \
           --bind unix:/run/sparc_cms_dev/socket --workers 2 -n sparc_cms_dev   \
           --max-requests 1000 sparc_cms.wsgi:application