diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs
index 57af88a8..eced4e04 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public class Init
 {
     private static async Task Main(string[] args)
     {
+        // set cluster config from Nomad node index env variable
+        if (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NOMAD_NODE_INDEX") is {} nodeIndex)
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PluralKit__Bot__Cluster__NodeName", $"pluralkit-{nodeIndex}");
+
         // Load configuration and run global init stuff
         var config = InitUtils.BuildConfiguration(args).Build();
         InitUtils.InitStatic();