Laravel 5.6: Path to file stored in self-hosted file store

in my .env file if declare a variable for the correct file store for the environment I am in with

FILE_STORE=https://file_store.dev/

in a view composer in App/AppServiceProvider, I pass that variable to all views with

view()->composer('*', function ($view) {
    $view->with('FILE_STORE', config('FILE_STORE'));
});

In my view I will have a conditional to ensure the user HAS an avatar else display a "shadow man", however I can't seem to get the variable to resolve

<img src="/images/avatars/default.png"
                         alt=""
                         class="user__avatar"
                         style="max-height: 60px !important;">

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