diff --git a/devops/aws/roles/rpc/tasks/main.yml b/devops/aws/roles/rpc/tasks/main.yml
index 8a899dcb4e..ae1e685792 100644
--- a/devops/aws/roles/rpc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/devops/aws/roles/rpc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 
 - name: Run query node containers
   command: yarn workspace query-node-root start:dev
+  environment:
+    JOYSTREAM_NODE_WS: 'ws://{{ inventory_hostname }}:9944/'
   args:
     chdir: '{{ remote_code_path }}'
   async: 1800