diff --git a/dockerfiles/debian_mini b/dockerfiles/debian_mini
index 55736bd..2878332 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/debian_mini
+++ b/dockerfiles/debian_mini
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ RUN apt-get -y install apt-utils gcc \
 RUN useradd -m user && echo "user:password" | chpasswd
 COPY --chown=user:user ./examples /home/user/examples
 RUN chmod -R +x  /home/user/examples/lua
+# We set WORKDIR, as this gets extracted by Webvm to be used as the cwd. This is optional.
+WORKDIR /home/user/
+# We set env, as this gets extracted by Webvm. This is optional.
+ENV HOME="/home/user" TERM="xterm" USER="user" SHELL="/bin/bash" EDITOR="vim" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="C"
 RUN echo 'root:password' | chpasswd
 CMD [ "/bin/bash" ]