diff --git a/templates/compose/directus.yaml b/templates/compose/directus.yaml
index 5c02ab1a3..1648f7e3d 100644
--- a/templates/compose/directus.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/directus.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
       - DB_FILENAME=/directus/database/data.db
       - WEBSOCKETS_ENABLED=true
       - CORS_ENABLED=${CORS_ENABLED:-true}
-      - CORS_ORIGIN=${CORS_ORIGIN:-true}
+      - CORS_ORIGIN=${CORS_ORIGIN}
       - CORS_METHODS=${CORS_METHODS:-GET,POST,PATCH,DELETE,OPTIONS}
       - CORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS=${CORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS:-Content-Type,Authorization}
       - CORS_CREDENTIALS=${CORS_CREDENTIALS:-true}