diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9d68b47..0ec9f62 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - run:
           name: Deploy to Heroku staging
-          command: cat /dev/null | activator deployHeroku
+          command: cat /dev/null | activator -DherokuApp=$HEROKU_APP deployHeroku
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index fac6320..37fac36 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ herokuProcessTypes in Compile := Map(
   "web" -> "target/universal/stage/bin/wishlist -Dconfig.resource=production.conf -Dhttp.port=$PORT"
 )
 
-herokuAppName in Compile := sys.props.getOrElse("HEROKU_APP_ENV","")
+herokuAppName in Compile := sys.props.getOrElse("herokuApp","")