diff --git a/atst/domain/environments.py b/atst/domain/environments.py
index b8da2282..82e96ec0 100644
--- a/atst/domain/environments.py
+++ b/atst/domain/environments.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from flask import current_app as app
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
 from atst.database import db
@@ -15,15 +16,14 @@ class Environments(object):
     @classmethod
     def create(cls, project, name):
         environment = Environment(project=project, name=name)
-        db.session.add(environment)
-        db.session.commit()
+        environment.cloud_id = app.csp.cloud.create_application(environment.name)
         return environment
 
     @classmethod
     def create_many(cls, project, names):
         environments = []
         for name in names:
-            environment = Environment(project=project, name=name)
+            environment = Environments.create(project, name)
             environments.append(environment)
 
         db.session.add_all(environments)
diff --git a/tests/domain/test_environments.py b/tests/domain/test_environments.py
index 9f5e9aab..edd2f1c1 100644
--- a/tests/domain/test_environments.py
+++ b/tests/domain/test_environments.py
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@ from atst.domain.environments import Environments
 from atst.domain.environment_roles import EnvironmentRoles
 from atst.domain.workspace_roles import WorkspaceRoles
 
-from tests.factories import UserFactory, WorkspaceFactory
+from tests.factories import ProjectFactory, UserFactory, WorkspaceFactory
+
+
+def test_create_environments():
+    project = ProjectFactory.create()
+    environments = Environments.create_many(project, ["Staging", "Production"])
+    for env in environments:
+        assert env.cloud_id is not None
 
 
 def test_update_environment_roles():