diff --git a/hyrax/lib/tasks/create_crc_1280_collection.rake b/hyrax/lib/tasks/create_crc_1280_collection.rake
index 39597f84ab5c9f5c16b13605da54963634db3807..cb7db1990d6d890c59ce3e49d851f94cab31adc7 100644
--- a/hyrax/lib/tasks/create_crc_1280_collection.rake
+++ b/hyrax/lib/tasks/create_crc_1280_collection.rake
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ namespace :rdms do
   namespace :crc_1280_collection do
     desc "Create CRC 1280 Collection Types and CRC 1280 Collection"
     task create: :environment do
-      collection_type = Hyrax::CollectionType.find_or_create_by(title: 'CRC 1280')
+      crc_collection_title = ENV.fetch('CRC_1280_COLLECTION', "CRC 1280")
+      collection_type = Hyrax::CollectionType.find_or_create_by(title: crc_collection_title)
       collection_type_gid = "gid://hyrax3-app/Hyrax::CollectionType/#{collection_type.id}"
 
-      crc_1280_collections = collection_type.collections.select{ |t| t.title == ["CRC 1280"] }
+      crc_1280_collections = collection_type.collections.select{ |t| t.title == [crc_collection_title] }
 
       unless crc_1280_collections.any?
-        collection = Hyrax.config.collection_class.create(title: ['CRC 1280'], source:[SecureRandom.uuid], collection_type_gid: collection_type_gid)
+        collection = Hyrax.config.collection_class.create(title: [crc_collection_title], source:[SecureRandom.uuid], collection_type_gid: collection_type_gid)
 
         admin_user = User.find_by(email: 'admin@hyrax')
         collection.apply_depositor_metadata(admin_user.user_key)