diff --git a/src/gitlab-tofu.sh b/src/gitlab-tofu.sh
index 80a82db6caec13eee6ece2719dcde01048d88f14..d95f0fcb7bc0fbaf346a548e9faf30cfb341b688 100644
--- a/src/gitlab-tofu.sh
+++ b/src/gitlab-tofu.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 # GITLAB_TOFU_PLAN_NAME: the name of the plan cache and json files. Defaults to `plan`.
 # GITLAB_TOFU_PLAN_CACHE: if set is the full path of the plan cache file. Defaults to `<root>/$GITLAB_TOFU_PLAN_NAME.cache`
 # GITLAB_TOFU_PLAN_JSON: if set is the full path of the plan json file. Defaults to `<root>/$GITLAB_TOFU_PLAN_NAME.json`
-# GITLAB_TOFU_IMPLICIT_INIT: if set to true will perform an implicit tofu init before any command that require it. Defaults to `true`.
+# GITLAB_TOFU_IMPLICIT_INIT: if set to true will perform an implicit `tofu init` before any command that require it. Defaults to `true`.
+# GITLAB_TOFU_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS: if set to true will ignore errors in the `tofu init` command.
 #
 # Respected OpenTofu Environment Variables:
 # > these are variables that are
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ terraform_authenticate_private_registry() {
 GITLAB_TOFU_IMPLICIT_INIT=${GITLAB_TOFU_IMPLICIT_INIT:-true}
 
 # Allows users to continue the actual command in case init failed
-TF_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS=${TF_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS:-false}
+GITLAB_TOFU_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS=${GITLAB_TOFU_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS:-false}
 
 terraform_init() {
   # If TF_INIT_NO_RECONFIGURE is not set to 'true',
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ terraform_init() {
   # We want to allow word splitting here for TF_INIT_FLAGS
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   tofu "${tf_chdir_opt}" init "${@}" -input=false ${tf_init_reconfigure_flag} ${TF_INIT_FLAGS} \
-    1>&2 || $TF_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS
+    1>&2 || $GITLAB_TOFU_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS
 }
 
 # If this script is executed and not sourced, a terraform command is ran.
diff --git a/templates/validate.yml b/templates/validate.yml
index 61e5ac2e434f4d4d4d53d919fc03ca4748a3db62..3bd868d902f1bc1b877ac82fe4c174fe6fa3a0a8 100644
--- a/templates/validate.yml
+++ b/templates/validate.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ spec:
     __CACHE_KEY_HACK: "$[[ inputs.root_dir ]]"
     TF_ROOT: $[[ inputs.root_dir ]]
     TF_STATE_NAME: $[[ inputs.state_name ]]
-    TF_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS: 'true' # Tofu can report errors which might be the reason init failed.
+    GITLAB_TOFU_IGNORE_INIT_ERRORS: 'true' # Tofu can report errors which might be the reason init failed.
     GITLAB_TOFU_VAR_FILE: '$[[ inputs.var_file ]]'
   image:
     name: '$[[ inputs.image_registry_base ]]/$[[ inputs.image_name ]]:$[[ inputs.version ]]-opentofu$[[ inputs.opentofu_version ]]-$[[ inputs.base_os ]]$[[ inputs.image_digest ]]'