diff --git a/infrastructure/aws/production/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json b/infrastructure/aws/production/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json
index 61fb7d54dc23..79e143ca4e5a 100644
--- a/infrastructure/aws/production/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json
+++ b/infrastructure/aws/production/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
             ],
             "essential": true,
             "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "RUN_BY_PROCESSOR",
+                    "value": "True"
+                },
                 {
                     "name": "AWS_REGION",
                     "value": "eu-west-2"
diff --git a/infrastructure/aws/staging/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json b/infrastructure/aws/staging/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json
index f2718acafc5c..a9747769d969 100644
--- a/infrastructure/aws/staging/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json
+++ b/infrastructure/aws/staging/ecs-task-definition-task-processor.json
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
             ],
             "essential": true,
             "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "RUN_BY_PROCESSOR",
+                    "value": "True"
+                },
                 {
                     "name": "AWS_REGION",
                     "value": "eu-west-2"