diff --git a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp
index 61a796b..56777db 100644
--- a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp
+++ b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ TaskFuture SSHTaskExecutor::execute(DAGRunID runID, const std::string &taskName,
   host->memoryMB -= memoryMBNeeded;
   Task sshTask{task};
   newCommand.push_back(user + hostname);
+
+  if (task.job.count("environment") > 0) {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    const auto env =
+        std::get<std::vector<std::string>>(task.job.at("environment"));
+    for (const auto &var : env) {
+      ss.clear();
+      ss << std::quoted(var);
+      newCommand.push_back("export");
+      newCommand.push_back(ss.str());
+      newCommand.push_back(";");
+    }
+    // std::copy(env.begin(), env.end(), std::back_inserter(newCommand));
+  }
+
   const auto oldCommand =
       std::get<std::vector<std::string>>(task.job.at("command"));
   std::copy(oldCommand.begin(), oldCommand.end(),