diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fe2e65da..1643e2ad4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,10 +137,12 @@ On success, the Chrome extension will be located at: `browser-extensions/chrome/
 
 ### Enable External Services
 
-To enable external services, set the `COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION` environment variable to the location of your configuration before running the `apply` task.
+To enable external services, set the `COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION` or `BITPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION` environment variable to the location of your configuration before running the `apply` task.
 
 ```sh
-export COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION="~/.copay/externalServices.json"
+COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION="~/.copay/externalServices.json" && npm run apply:copay
+# or
+BITPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION="~/.bitpay/externalServices.json" && npm run apply:bitpay
 ```
 
 ## About Copay
diff --git a/app-template/apply.js b/app-template/apply.js
index 188af9ee3..7cad2bccd 100755
--- a/app-template/apply.js
+++ b/app-template/apply.js
@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ fs.writeFileSync('../appConfig.json', configBlob, 'utf8');
 ////////////////
 var externalServices;
 try {
-  console.log('Looking for COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION...');
-  if(typeof process.env.COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION !== 'undefined') {
-    var location = process.env.COPAY_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION;
+  var confName = configDir.toUpperCase();
+  externalServicesConf = confName + '_EXTERNAL_SERVICES_CONFIG_LOCATION';
+  console.log('Looking for ' + externalServicesConf + '...');
+  if(typeof process.env[externalServicesConf] !== 'undefined') {
+    var location = process.env[externalServicesConf]
     if(location.charAt(0) === '~') {
       location = location.replace(/^\~/, process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE);
     }