diff --git a/codeco-experimentation-framework/containers/resource-manager/start.sh b/codeco-experimentation-framework/containers/resource-manager/start.sh
index 97aafa1ba8133d0fbbdb26f9a7150d7160db5fe6..d673b5836fab6fb5a9370e0d12307cab2883ebc0 100755
--- a/codeco-experimentation-framework/containers/resource-manager/start.sh
+++ b/codeco-experimentation-framework/containers/resource-manager/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# import main configuration
+source /opt/clusterslice/configuration.sh
+
 # configure ssh keys
 source /opt/clusterslice/configure_ssh.sh