diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh
index fd753dcfec..245932a9af 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ export EDEX_HOME=$(dirname $dir)
 awips_home=$(dirname $EDEX_HOME)
 
 # Find the locations of awips2-python and awips2-java.
-PYTHON_INSTALL="$awips_home/python"
-JAVA_INSTALL="$awips_home/java"
-PSQL_INSTALL="$awips_home/psql"
+# only set if the location has not already been exported
+if [ -z "$PYTHON_INSTALL" ]; then PYTHON_INSTALL="$awips_home/python"; fi
+if [ -z "$JAVA_INSTALL" ]; then JAVA_INSTALL="$awips_home/java"; fi
+if [ -z "$PSQL_INSTALL" ]; then PSQL_INSTALL="$awips_home/psql"; fi
 
 # Source The File With The Localization Information
 source ${dir}/setup.env
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel b/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel
index d59826d7c2..628e5d0999 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel
+++ b/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ TODAY=`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`
 
 # We will no longer be using hard-coded paths that need to be replaced.
 # Use rpm to find the paths that we need.
-JAVA_INSTALL="/awips2/java"
-PYTHON_INSTALL="/awips2/python"
+export JAVA_INSTALL="/awips2/java"
+export PYTHON_INSTALL="/awips2/python"
 EDEX_INSTALL="/awips2/edex"
+export PSQL_INSTALL="/awips2/psql"
 
 # The path that is to be used for the script
 export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_INSTALL}