# Prevent serverless.yml envrionmental variables from clobbering variables set via AWS web console

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/prevent-serverless-yml-envrionmental-variables-from-clobbering-variables-set-via-aws-web-console/7981>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** variables\
**Created:** [April 13, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/prevent-serverless-yml-envrionmental-variables-from-clobbering-variables-set-via-aws-web-console/7981 "2019-04-13T12:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![nurikabe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/nurikabe/32/3228_2.png) [@nurikabe](https://forum.serverless.com/u/nurikabe)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/prevent-serverless-yml-envrionmental-variables-from-clobbering-variables-set-via-aws-web-console/7981/1 "2019-04-13T12:34:55Z")

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If I configure variables in serverless.yml, it will clobber or remove existing variables set via the AWS web console interface. I would like variables set via the console to take precedence. Is there a way to achieve this?