diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.soda b/docker/Dockerfile.soda
index 12e8fcf1b094fc5a6aa1296c1ef76fbc4223dae9..48f6021edb80f69d70da761089c2b3e703231897 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.soda
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.soda
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ COPY deps/server.xml deps/server-connector.xml ${CATALINA_BASE}/conf/
 COPY deps/soda.logging.properties ${CATALINA_BASE}/conf/
 COPY deps/setenv.sh ${CATALINA_BASE}/bin/
 
+env ACCESS_CONTEXT_ROOT=datasets
+
 # configure at start-up
 
 COPY start-soda.sh.soda /root/start-soda.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.soda.temurin-jammy b/docker/Dockerfile.soda.temurin-jammy
index aff503147e614545adbe52ffcf09afc0167f8b10..acc5d80f98e44491fd81682f394516b8609fc56b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.soda.temurin-jammy
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.soda.temurin-jammy
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ COPY deps/setenv.sh ${CATALINA_BASE}/bin/
 WORKDIR ${CATALINA_BASE}
 RUN chmod -R a+rwX conf
 
+env ACCESS_CONTEXT_ROOT=datasets
 # configure during start-up
 COPY start-soda.sh.soda /root/start-soda.sh