diff --git a/ci/bootstrap.sh b/ci/bootstrap.sh
index c72e08b9c5262aa29359dabeaafe653f235c495c..ee4611cc5abad7db00929d2c2eefcc483f5a3d6d 100755
--- a/ci/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/ci/bootstrap.sh
@@ -96,9 +96,20 @@ install_miniconda() {
   hash -r
 }
 
+
+# Exports a given environment variable, verbosely
+export_env() {
+  check_defined "${1}"
+  export ${1}
+  log_info "export ${1}=${!1}"
+}
+
 check_defined CONDA_ROOT
 check_defined CI_PROJECT_DIR
 
+CONDARC=${CONDA_ROOT}/condarc
+export_env CONDARC
+
 # checks if a conda installation exists. Otherwise, installs one
 if [ ! -e ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda ]; then
   install_miniconda ${CONDA_ROOT}
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 92609b05750bdd6ada8837af57f76f83fbf0c24e..010a1050d1c960900f1324865dc21a6ad26dfc70 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ check_defined CI_PROJECT_NAME
 check_defined CI_COMMIT_TAG
 check_defined PYTHON_VERSION
 
+CONDARC=${CONDA_ROOT}/condarc
+export_env CONDARC
+
 BOB_PACKAGE_VERSION=`cat version.txt | tr -d '\n'`;
-check_defined BOB_PACKAGE_VERSION
+export_env BOB_PACKAGE_VERSION
 
 # Makes sure we activate the base environment if available
 run_cmd source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh