diff --git a/api/src/chat/controllers/context-var.controller.spec.ts b/api/src/chat/controllers/context-var.controller.spec.ts
index 77aadde..a06eb4a 100644
--- a/api/src/chat/controllers/context-var.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/chat/controllers/context-var.controller.spec.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ describe('ContextVarController', () => {
       const contextVarCreateDto: ContextVarCreateDto = {
         label: 'contextVarLabel2',
         name: 'test_add',
+        permanent: false,
       };
       const result = await contextVarController.create(contextVarCreateDto);
 
diff --git a/api/src/chat/dto/context-var.dto.ts b/api/src/chat/dto/context-var.dto.ts
index 715efd8..3819f5c 100644
--- a/api/src/chat/dto/context-var.dto.ts
+++ b/api/src/chat/dto/context-var.dto.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export class ContextVarCreateDto {
   @IsNotEmpty()
   @IsString()
   name: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ description: 'Is context var permanent', type: Boolean })
+  permanent?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class ContextVarUpdateDto extends PartialType(ContextVarCreateDto) {}
diff --git a/api/src/chat/services/bot.service.spec.ts b/api/src/chat/services/bot.service.spec.ts
index 3625a1a..6f6f8f5 100644
--- a/api/src/chat/services/bot.service.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/chat/services/bot.service.spec.ts
@@ -59,15 +59,18 @@ import { CategoryRepository } from './../repositories/category.repository';
 import { BlockService } from './block.service';
 import { BotService } from './bot.service';
 import { CategoryService } from './category.service';
+import { ContextVarService } from './context-var.service';
 import { ConversationService } from './conversation.service';
 import { MessageService } from './message.service';
 import { SubscriberService } from './subscriber.service';
 import { BlockRepository } from '../repositories/block.repository';
+import { ContextVarRepository } from '../repositories/context-var.repository';
 import { ConversationRepository } from '../repositories/conversation.repository';
 import { MessageRepository } from '../repositories/message.repository';
 import { SubscriberRepository } from '../repositories/subscriber.repository';
 import { BlockFull, BlockModel } from '../schemas/block.schema';
 import { CategoryModel } from '../schemas/category.schema';
+import { ContextVarModel } from '../schemas/context-var.schema';
 import {
   Conversation,
   ConversationFull,
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ describe('BlockService', () => {
           NlpEntityModel,
           NlpSampleEntityModel,
           NlpSampleModel,
+          ContextVarModel,
         ]),
       ],
       providers: [
@@ -143,6 +147,8 @@ describe('BlockService', () => {
         NlpSampleEntityService,
         NlpSampleService,
         NlpService,
+        ContextVarService,
+        ContextVarRepository,
         {
           provide: PluginService,
           useValue: {},
diff --git a/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/contextvar.ts b/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/contextvar.ts
index a3ffc89..4ccea4b 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/contextvar.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/contextvar.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ const contextVars: ContextVarCreateDto[] = [
   {
     label: 'test context var 1',
     name: 'test1',
+    permanent: false,
   },
   {
     label: 'test context var 2',
     name: 'test2',
+    permanent: false,
   },
 ];
 
diff --git a/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/subscriber.ts b/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/subscriber.ts
index a45e41b..04aecd6 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/subscriber.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/test/fixtures/subscriber.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ export const subscriberDefaultValues: TFixturesDefaultValues<Subscriber> = {
   lastvisit: new Date(Date.now() + 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
   retainedFrom: new Date(Date.now() + 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
   avatar: null,
+  /*context: {
+    vars: {},
+  }*/ // TODO: add unit tests taking into account the context field
 };
 
 export const subscriberFixtures = getFixturesWithDefaultValues<Subscriber>({