diff --git a/examples/centralised-logging/seldon-request-logger-k8s.yaml b/examples/centralised-logging/seldon-request-logger-k8s.yaml
index 9c42c8627c..b90924f8b2 100644
--- a/examples/centralised-logging/seldon-request-logger-k8s.yaml
+++ b/examples/centralised-logging/seldon-request-logger-k8s.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ spec:
               value: "elasticsearch-master.seldon-logs.svc.cluster.local"
             - name: ELASTICSEARCH_PORT
               value: "9200"
+            #if SELDON_ENVIRONMENT is defined index_prefix will be inferenece-log-${SELDON_ENVIRONMENT}-... instead of inference-log-...
+            - name: SELDON_ENVIRONMENT
+              value: "dev"
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service