diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 966bb662..854a89ac 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ if [ "$BUILD_BACKEND" = true ] || [ "$RUN_SEED" = true ] || [ "$RUN_CLEAN_DATABA
 fi
 
 export SKIP_MIGRATION
-COMPOSE_CMD=(docker compose -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml)
+COMPOSE_CMD=(docker compose --env-file .env -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml)
+
+MISTRAL_API_KEY="$(read_env_value MISTRAL_API_KEY)"
+[ -n "$MISTRAL_API_KEY" ] || fatal "MISTRAL_API_KEY saknas i .env"
 
 # ── Git pull ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 info "Hämtar senaste kod (recipe-app)..."
@@ -178,6 +181,11 @@ fi
 info "Startar tjänster..."
 "${COMPOSE_CMD[@]}" up -d
 
+if [ "$BUILD_BACKEND" = true ] || [ "$BUILD_IMPORTER" = true ]; then
+  info "Återskapar API-tjänster för att säkra uppdaterade env-variabler..."
+  "${COMPOSE_CMD[@]}" up -d --force-recreate recipe-api importer-api
+fi
+
 # ── Databasrensning (opt-in) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 if [ "$RUN_CLEAN_DATABASE" = true ]; then
   CLEAN_SQL_FILE="backend/prisma/maintenance/clean-database.sql"
diff --git a/scripts/disable_receipt_trace.sh b/scripts/disable_receipt_trace.sh
index f0470f4b..f4a1dffb 100755
--- a/scripts/disable_receipt_trace.sh
+++ b/scripts/disable_receipt_trace.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ fi
 echo "RECEIPT_TRACE_DECISIONS=0 satt i .env"
 
 echo "Startar om recipe-api utan full trace..."
-docker compose -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml up -d recipe-api
+docker compose --env-file .env -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml up -d --force-recreate recipe-api
 
 echo "Klart."
diff --git a/scripts/enable_receipt_trace.sh b/scripts/enable_receipt_trace.sh
index 9ae44aaa..0c282257 100755
--- a/scripts/enable_receipt_trace.sh
+++ b/scripts/enable_receipt_trace.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ fi
 echo "RECEIPT_TRACE_DECISIONS=1 satt i .env"
 
 echo "Bygger och startar om recipe-api..."
-docker compose -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml up -d --build recipe-api
+docker compose --env-file .env -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml up -d --build --force-recreate recipe-api
 
 mkdir -p logs
 LOG_FILE="logs/receipt_decisions_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
 echo "Startar loggning till $LOG_FILE"
 echo "Tryck Ctrl+C för att avsluta loggströmmen."
 
-docker compose -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml logs -f recipe-api | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+docker compose --env-file .env -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml logs -f recipe-api | tee "$LOG_FILE"
diff --git a/scripts/rebuild_flutter.sh b/scripts/rebuild_flutter.sh
index 1f997974..9d4a91b0 100644
--- a/scripts/rebuild_flutter.sh
+++ b/scripts/rebuild_flutter.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 APP_DIR="${1:-/opt/containers/recipe-app}"
-COMPOSE_FILES=(-f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml)
+COMPOSE_FILES=(--env-file .env -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml)
 SERVICE="recipe-flutter"
 
 log() { echo "[flutter-rebuild] $*"; }
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ if [ ! -f "compose.yml" ] || [ ! -f "compose.flutter.yml" ]; then
   fail "compose.yml eller compose.flutter.yml saknas i $APP_DIR"
 fi
 
+[ -f ".env" ] || fail ".env saknas i $APP_DIR"
+
 log "Bygger om $SERVICE"
 docker compose "${COMPOSE_FILES[@]}" build "$SERVICE"
 
diff --git a/scripts/reset_recipe_stack.sh b/scripts/reset_recipe_stack.sh
index 55aa22c1..85b4c18b 100644
--- a/scripts/reset_recipe_stack.sh
+++ b/scripts/reset_recipe_stack.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ trap 'echo "[reset][ERROR] Rad ${LINENO}: kommando misslyckades: ${BASH_COMMAND}
 # Config
 # ----------------------------------------
 APP_DIR="${1:-/opt/containers/recipe-app}"
-COMPOSE_FILES=(-f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml)
+COMPOSE_FILES=(--env-file .env -f compose.yml -f compose.flutter.yml)
 DB_CONTAINER="recipe-db"
 IMPORTER_DIR="../microservice-importer"
 SEED_FILE="db/seeds/seed_all.sql"