diff --git a/env/general.env b/env/general.env
index 621226a..ef7d85c 100644
--- a/env/general.env
+++ b/env/general.env
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # any other variables that you may want to use go here
 
 # This is used to explicitly inform systems that run on Apple silicon to emulate this architecture
-# Remove if this causes issues on any other platform
-DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64
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+# set only CPU_ARCHITECTURE to amd/arm64
+# remove if this causes issues on any other platform
+# possible values: amd64, arm64
+CPU_ARCHITECTURE=amd64
+DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/${CPU_ARCHITECTURE:-amd64}
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