diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 14a62d0bcceb0386b617c58037e683085a2ac0de..0711edcf24c204ab04215fc70ee2c24a75976a62 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ config_vars:
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /app/.heroku/vendor/lib
   LANG: en_US.UTF-8
   PYTHONHASHSEED: random
-  PYTHONHOME: /app/
+  PYTHONHOME: /app/.heroku/venv/
+  PYTHONPATH: /app/
 EOF