diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/Dockerfile b/bitnami/ghost/Dockerfile
index 9395c46dc717..1c6ede6d0c2d 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ RUN bitnami-pkg unpack ghost-0.11.4-0 --checksum 0094a80415a6a58d31fdbf2e8698099
 
 COPY rootfs /
 
+ENV GHOST_PORT="80" \
+    GHOST_USERNAME="user" \
+    GHOST_PASSWORD="bitnami1" \
+    GHOST_EMAIL="user@example.com" \
+    BLOG_TITLE="User's Blog" \
+    MARIADB_USER="root" \
+    MARIADB_HOST="mariadb" \
+    MARIADB_PORT="3306"
+
 VOLUME ["/bitnami/ghost"]
 
 EXPOSE 2368
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh b/bitnami/ghost/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
index 201bf4c194b4..636d4d428dcb 100755
--- a/bitnami/ghost/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/rootfs/app-entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@ function initialize {
     fi
 }
 
-# Set default values
-export GHOST_PORT=${GHOST_PORT:-"80"}
-export GHOST_USERNAME=${GHOST_USERNAME:-"user"}
-export GHOST_PASSWORD=${GHOST_PASSWORD:-"bitnami1"}
-export GHOST_EMAIL=${GHOST_EMAIL:-"user@example.com"}
-export BLOG_TITLE=${BLOG_TITLE:-"User's Blog"}
-export MARIADB_USER=${MARIADB_USER:-"root"}
-export MARIADB_HOST=${MARIADB_HOST:-"mariadb"}
-export MARIADB_PORT=${MARIADB_PORT:-"3306"}
-
 
 if [[ "$1" == "nami" && "$2" == "start" ]] ||  [[ "$1" == "/init.sh" ]]; then
    initialize ghost