diff --git a/k8s/candide-pbot.yaml b/k8s/candide-pbot.yaml
index ed28690f..ebb04ba8 100644
--- a/k8s/candide-pbot.yaml
+++ b/k8s/candide-pbot.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /mnt/persistent
               name: persistent
+          env:
+            - name: PBOTVM_HOST
+              value: "candide-vm"
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: "0.1"