diff --git a/deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh b/deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 13ad1c7ce8..7b3dfdeef4 100755
--- a/deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ init_env_file() {
     bash "$TEMPLATES_PATH/docker.env.sh" "$APPSMITH_MONGODB_USER" "$APPSMITH_MONGODB_PASSWORD" "$APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD" "$APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_SALT" > "$ENV_PATH"
   fi
 
-  printenv | grep -E '^APPSMITH_|^MONGO_' > "$TEMPLATES_PATH/pre-define.env"
-
+  # Build an env file with current env variables. We single-quote the values, as well as escaping any single-quote characters.
+  printenv | grep -E '^APPSMITH_|^MONGO_' | sed "s/'/'\"'\"'/; s/=/='/; s/$/'/" > "$TEMPLATES_PATH/pre-define.env"
 
   echo "Load environment configuration"
   set -o allexport