diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c7bb202..80273cb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ RUN chmod +x /opt/hermes-custom/entrypoint.sh
 
 # Garante que o Python encontre o módulo customizado
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/opt/hermes-custom:/opt/hermes
+ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data/.hermes
 ENV HERMES_MODEL_PROVIDER=ollama-cloud
 ENV HERMES_MODEL_DEFAULT=gemma4:31b-cloud
 ENV HERMES_STT_PROVIDER=local
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 0ad09ec..cc2d9ca 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ GATEWAY_ARGS="${HERMES_GATEWAY_ARGS:---replace}"
 GATEWAY_API_SERVER_ENABLED="${HERMES_GATEWAY_API_SERVER_ENABLED:-false}"
 HERMES_ALLOW_ROOT_GATEWAY="${HERMES_ALLOW_ROOT_GATEWAY:-1}"
 export HERMES_ALLOW_ROOT_GATEWAY
+export HERMES_HOME CONFIG_PATH SOUL_PATH
 
 mkdir -p "$HERMES_HOME"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_runtime_env.py b/tests/test_runtime_env.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c36ffcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_runtime_env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import unittest
+
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+
+class RuntimeEnvTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_image_sets_default_hermes_home(self) -> None:
+        dockerfile = (REPO_ROOT / "Dockerfile").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+        self.assertIn("ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data/.hermes", dockerfile)
+
+    def test_entrypoint_exports_hermes_home_to_child_processes(self) -> None:
+        entrypoint = (REPO_ROOT / "entrypoint.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+        self.assertIn("export HERMES_HOME CONFIG_PATH SOUL_PATH", entrypoint)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()