diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 75302112f..609cc1c5d 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ The tests can be run with
 pytest .
 ```
 
+## Overwriting settings with environment variables
+
+The default settings [settings](src/flotilla/settings/settings.py) can be overwritten by environment variables using the prefix `FLOTILLA_`
+
+```
+export FLOTILLA_<VAR_NAME>=some_value
+```
+
 ## API authentication
 
 To run the app locally and connect to upstream services, the following environment variables need to be set for authentication.
diff --git a/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.env b/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.env
index d40c980dc..e44b33876 100644
--- a/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.env
+++ b/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.env
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-OPENAPI_CLIENT_ID=af1d4470-dbfd-41b3-835a-1900070ff0cb
-APP_CLIENT_ID=ea4c7b92-47b3-45fb-bd25-a8070f0c495c
-TENANT_ID=3aa4a235-b6e2-48d5-9195-7fcf05b459b0
-AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED=True
-ECHO_CLIENT_ID=bf0b2569-e09c-42f0-8095-5a52a873eb7b
-ECHO_APP_SCOPE=.default
-ECHO_API_URL=https://echohubapi.equinor.com/api
-INSTALLATION_CODE=KAA
-REQUEST_TIMEOUT=5
-ISAR_CLIENT_ID=68cca82d-84e7-495c-96b4-4c32509f2a46
-ISAR_APP_SCOPE=.default
+FLOTILLA_OPENAPI_CLIENT_ID=af1d4470-dbfd-41b3-835a-1900070ff0cb
+FLOTILLA_APP_CLIENT_ID=ea4c7b92-47b3-45fb-bd25-a8070f0c495c
+FLOTILLA_TENANT_ID=3aa4a235-b6e2-48d5-9195-7fcf05b459b0
+FLOTILLA_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED=True
+FLOTILLA_ECHO_CLIENT_ID=bf0b2569-e09c-42f0-8095-5a52a873eb7b
+FLOTILLA_ECHO_APP_SCOPE=.default
+FLOTILLA_ECHO_API_URL=https://echohubapi.equinor.com/api
+FLOTILLA_INSTALLATION_CODE=KAA
+FLOTILLA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=5
+FLOTILLA_ISAR_CLIENT_ID=68cca82d-84e7-495c-96b4-4c32509f2a46
+FLOTILLA_ISAR_APP_SCOPE=.default
diff --git a/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.py b/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.py
index ab8bf2040..3e14b419a 100644
--- a/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.py
+++ b/backend/src/flotilla/settings/settings.py
@@ -5,29 +5,32 @@
 
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
-    AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED: bool = Field(default=True, env="AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED")
+    AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED: bool = Field(default=True)
     BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS: list[Union[str, AnyHttpUrl]] = ["http://localhost:8000"]
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL: str = Field(default="sqlite:///:memory:")
-    OPENAPI_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="", env="OPENAPI_CLIENT_ID")
-    APP_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="", env="APP_CLIENT_ID")
-    TENANT_ID: str = Field(default="", env="TENANT_ID")
-    ECHO_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="", env="ECHO_CLIENT_ID")
-    ECHO_APP_SCOPE: str = Field(default="", env="ECHO_APP_SCOPE")
-    ECHO_API_URL: str = Field(default="", env="ECHO_API_URL")
-    INSTALLATION_CODE: str = Field(default="", env="INSTALLATION_CODE")
-    REQUEST_TIMEOUT: float = Field(default=5, env="REQUEST_TIMEOUT")
-    ISAR_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="", env="ISAR_CLIENT_ID")
-    ISAR_APP_SCOPE: str = Field(default="", env="ISAR_APP_SCOPE")
-
-    PAGE: int = Field(default=0, env="PAGE")
-    MINIMUM_PAGE_NUMBER: int = Field(default=0, env="MINIMUM_PAGE_NUMBER")
-    PAGE_SIZE: int = Field(default=100, env="PAGE_SIZE")
-    MINIMUM_PAGE_SIZE: int = Field(default=0, env="MINIMUM_PAGE_SIZE")
-    MAX_PAGE_SIZE: int = Field(default=100, env="MAX_PAGE_SIZE")
+    OPENAPI_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="")
+    APP_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="")
+    TENANT_ID: str = Field(default="")
+
+    ECHO_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="")
+    ECHO_APP_SCOPE: str = Field(default="")
+    ECHO_API_URL: str = Field(default="")
+
+    INSTALLATION_CODE: str = Field(default="")
+    REQUEST_TIMEOUT: float = Field(default=5)
+    ISAR_CLIENT_ID: str = Field(default="")
+    ISAR_APP_SCOPE: str = Field(default="")
+
+    PAGE: int = Field(default=0)
+    MINIMUM_PAGE_NUMBER: int = Field(default=0)
+    PAGE_SIZE: int = Field(default=100)
+    MINIMUM_PAGE_SIZE: int = Field(default=0)
+    MAX_PAGE_SIZE: int = Field(default=100)
 
     class Config:
         with pkg_resources.path("flotilla.settings", "settings.env") as path:
             package_path = path
+        env_prefix = "FLOTILLA_"
         env_file = package_path
         env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
         case_sensitive = True