diff --git a/compile_firmware.sh b/compile_firmware.sh
index 48592c4..91eebe1 100755
--- a/compile_firmware.sh
+++ b/compile_firmware.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# do we need export EXTRA_LIVE_DATA_FILE=",../../../board_extra.yaml" here?
+export EXTRA_LIVE_DATA_FILE=",../../../board_extra.yaml"
+# todo: code reuse with manual-generate-meta-data.sh?
+export META_OUTPUT_ROOT_FOLDER="../../../generated/"
+
 cd ext/rusefi/firmware/
 bash bin/compile.sh ../../../meta-info.env