diff --git a/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml b/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml
index f92ba2a730bf8a493a4c60823ca505e6f35017a8..93ab695c345824f78e227b0470f5ec3dd7b46660 100644
--- a/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ spec:
               value: "27019"
             - name: MONGO_DBNAME
               value: "friends"
+            - name: JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
+              value: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml b/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml
index 602c81cda1484cba29cadf6d91619ada6f1edcac..af5ed720ffad9610b8e5cf6e878f5a57a86e7a8c 100644
--- a/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ spec:
               value: "mongodb://user-mongo-service:27018/userdb"
             - name: ENABLE_USER_DB_SEEDING
               value: "true"
+            - name: SEEDED_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+              value: "doesntreallymatter"
+            - name: JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
+              value: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service