diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f0e737c5..e860c0e8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ services:
       - SUPER_TOKEN=$SUPER_TOKEN
       - QUESTION_AND_ANSWER_WORKFLOW_ID=$QUESTION_AND_ANSWER_WORKFLOW_ID
       - AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME=$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME
+      - HF_TOKEN=$HF_TOKEN # repo2graph GAIA dataset bootstrap (gated HF repo)
 
 networks:
   sphinx-swarm:
diff --git a/second-brain-2.yml b/second-brain-2.yml
index 4b3d76f9..88133ba4 100644
--- a/second-brain-2.yml
+++ b/second-brain-2.yml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ services:
       - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=$OPENROUTER_API_KEY
       - GUNICORN_WORKER=$GUNICORN_WORKER
       - GUNICORN_THREADS=$GUNICORN_THREADS
+      - HF_TOKEN=$HF_TOKEN
   node_exporter:
     image: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:latest
     container_name: node_exporter