diff --git a/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj b/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
index 04552ff..3f4e838 100644
--- a/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
          pb (ProcessBuilder. ^java.util.List pod-spec)
          _ (.redirectError pb java.lang.ProcessBuilder$Redirect/INHERIT)
          _ (doto (.environment pb)
-             (.put "RUN_AS_BABASHKA_POD" "true"))
+             (.put "BABASHKA_POD" "true"))
          p (.start pb)
          stdin (.getOutputStream p)
          stdout (.getInputStream p)
diff --git a/test-pod/pod/test_pod.clj b/test-pod/pod/test_pod.clj
index d206ec4..9df8c20 100644
--- a/test-pod/pod/test_pod.clj
+++ b/test-pod/pod/test_pod.clj
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@
               :shutdown (System/exit 0))))))))
 
 (defn -main [& args]
-  (when (= "true" (System/getenv "RUN_AS_BABASHKA_POD"))
+  (when (= "true" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_POD"))
     (run-pod (set args))))