diff --git a/server/server.py b/server/server.py
index c268f0c..38a9ea1 100644
--- a/server/server.py
+++ b/server/server.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ for key in config.twitter_conf:
         except KeyError:
             print "Please, set the environment variable %s or set it in the config" % key
             sys.exit(1)
+    config.twitter_conf[key] = os.environ[key]
 
 logging.getLogger('').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)