diff --git a/bbmri/modules/eric-setup.sh b/bbmri/modules/eric-setup.sh
index d2f36bb..fd44e73 100644
--- a/bbmri/modules/eric-setup.sh
+++ b/bbmri/modules/eric-setup.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if [ "${ENABLE_ERIC}" == "true" ]; then
 			export ERIC_BROKER_ID=broker.bbmri.samply.de
 			export ERIC_ROOT_CERT=eric
 			;;
+		"acceptance")
+			export ERIC_BROKER_ID=broker-acc.bbmri-acc.samply.de
+			export ERIC_ROOT_CERT=eric.acc
+			;;
 		"test")
 			export ERIC_BROKER_ID=broker-test.bbmri-test.samply.de
 			export ERIC_ROOT_CERT=eric.test
diff --git a/bbmri/modules/eric.acc.root.crt.pem b/bbmri/modules/eric.acc.root.crt.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d11033c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bbmri/modules/eric.acc.root.crt.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIDNTCCAh2gAwIBAgIUE/wu6FmI+KSMOalI65b+lI3HI4cwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
+BQAwFjEUMBIGA1UEAxMLQnJva2VyLVJvb3QwHhcNMjQwOTE2MTUyMzU0WhcNMzQw
+OTE0MTUyNDI0WjAWMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtCcm9rZXItUm9vdDCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcN
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+ays24y4R3WO7VJK9UjNduSq/A1jlA0W0A/szDf8Ojq6bBtg+uL92PTDjYH1QXwX0
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+ADHIiTLLPXE8LHTUJAO51it1NAZ1S24aMzax4eWDXcWO7/ybbx5pkYkMd6EqlKHd
+8riQJIhY4huX
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bridgehead b/bridgehead
index cbe7527..395504a 100755
--- a/bridgehead
+++ b/bridgehead
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ loadVars() {
 		if [ "$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" == "main" ]; then
 			ENVIRONMENT="production"
 		else
-			ENVIRONMENT="test"
+			ENVIRONMENT="test" # we have acceptance environment in BBMRI ERIC and it would be more appropriate to default to that one in case the data they have in BH is real, but I'm gonna leave it as is for backward compatibility
 		fi
 	fi
 	# Source the versions of the images components 
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ loadVars() {
 		"test")
 			source ./versions/test
 			;;
+		"acceptance")
+			source ./versions/acceptance
+			;;
 		*)
 			report_error 7 "Environment \"$ENVIRONMENT\" is unknown. Assuming production. FIX THIS!"
 			source ./versions/prod
diff --git a/versions/acceptance b/versions/acceptance
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d66e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/acceptance
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FOCUS_TAG=develop
+BEAM_TAG=develop
+BLAZE_TAG=main
\ No newline at end of file