diff --git a/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts b/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ecc626d212477add7a2710e71cc5736f5197322e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default {
+    JWT_SECRET: ""
+}
diff --git a/backend-services/friend-service/src/Middleware/Auth.ts b/backend-services/friend-service/src/Middleware/Auth.ts
index 69502a414814bdf39a3784664a166e6ceab94426..5703ac905ce775684f243303b3de4ebdeefb3f13 100644
--- a/backend-services/friend-service/src/Middleware/Auth.ts
+++ b/backend-services/friend-service/src/Middleware/Auth.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import jwt, { Secret, JwtPayload } from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+import Config from '../../config'
 
-export const SECRET_KEY: Secret = 'abcdefg12345';
+export const SECRET_KEY: Secret = Config.JWT_SECRET;
 
 export interface CustomJWTRequest extends Request {
  token?: string | JwtPayload;