diff --git a/ct/koillection.sh b/ct/koillection.sh
index 5a11776ae..a743d58d3 100644
--- a/ct/koillection.sh
+++ b/ct/koillection.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ function update_script() {
     cd /opt/koillection 
     cp -r /opt/koillection-backup/.env.local /opt/koillection
     cp -r /opt/koillection-backup/public/uploads/. /opt/koillection/public/uploads/
+    
+    # Ensure APP_RUNTIME is in .env.local for CLI commands (upgrades from older versions)
+    if ! grep -q "APP_RUNTIME" /opt/koillection/.env.local 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo 'APP_RUNTIME="Symfony\Component\Runtime\SymfonyRuntime"' >> /opt/koillection/.env.local
+    fi
+    
     export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
-    export APP_RUNTIME='Symfony\Component\Runtime\SymfonyRuntime'
     $STD composer install --no-dev -o --no-interaction --classmap-authoritative
     $STD php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --no-interaction
     $STD php bin/console app:translations:dump
@@ -55,6 +60,11 @@ function update_script() {
     mkdir -p /opt/koillection/public/uploads
     chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/koillection/public/uploads
     rm -r /opt/koillection-backup
+    
+    # Ensure APP_RUNTIME is set in Apache config (for upgrades from older versions)
+    if ! grep -q "APP_RUNTIME" /etc/apache2/sites-available/koillection.conf 2>/dev/null; then
+      sed -i '/<VirtualHost/a\    SetEnv APP_RUNTIME "Symfony\\Component\\Runtime\\SymfonyRuntime"' /etc/apache2/sites-available/koillection.conf
+    fi
     msg_ok "Updated Koillection"
 
     msg_info "Starting Service"
diff --git a/install/koillection-install.sh b/install/koillection-install.sh
index 7d2f0413f..79d93a1e5 100644
--- a/install/koillection-install.sh
+++ b/install/koillection-install.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ sed -i -e "s|^APP_ENV=.*|APP_ENV=prod|" \
   -e "s|^DB_USER=.*|DB_USER=${PG_DB_USER}|" \
   -e "s|^DB_PASSWORD=.*|DB_PASSWORD=${PG_DB_PASS}|" \
   /opt/koillection/.env.local
+echo 'APP_RUNTIME="Symfony\Component\Runtime\SymfonyRuntime"' >> /opt/koillection/.env.local
 export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
-export APP_RUNTIME='Symfony\Component\Runtime\SymfonyRuntime'
 $STD composer install --no-dev -o --no-interaction --classmap-authoritative
 $STD php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --no-interaction
 $STD php bin/console app:translations:dump
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cat <<EOF >/etc/apache2/sites-available/koillection.conf
 <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName koillection
     DocumentRoot /opt/koillection/public
+    SetEnv APP_RUNTIME "Symfony\\Component\\Runtime\\SymfonyRuntime"
     <Directory /opt/koillection/public>
         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
         AllowOverride All