diff --git a/backend-services/comment-service-2/config.ts b/backend-services/comment-service-2/config.ts
index 1f3e667307779775a9de031eeb908692e4a32843..a67abdd596ea3ae57ec1fe5961a18dba0a080c36 100644
--- a/backend-services/comment-service-2/config.ts
+++ b/backend-services/comment-service-2/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export default {
-    JWT_SECRET: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+    JWT_SECRET: "jwtprivatekey"
 }
diff --git a/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts b/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts
index 1f3e667307779775a9de031eeb908692e4a32843..a67abdd596ea3ae57ec1fe5961a18dba0a080c36 100644
--- a/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts
+++ b/backend-services/friend-service/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export default {
-    JWT_SECRET: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+    JWT_SECRET: "jwtprivatekey"
 }
diff --git a/backend-services/user-service/config.js b/backend-services/user-service/config.js
index d17b31d89a1bacfb8ead7dc52b49c3413b419c6d..24366e7e1dfaaaaed0fddc10977993c89c766251 100644
--- a/backend-services/user-service/config.js
+++ b/backend-services/user-service/config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export default {
-  JWT_SECRET : "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+  JWT_SECRET : "jwtprivatekey"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3cd75caa960512a6cf43ded34a848f2f1d161989..b48cb5a755eb961c91c0ec92123d7a39de48bc52 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ services:
       - "9000"
     environment:
       - MONGO_URI=mongodb://feed-mongo:27017/
-      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I=
-      - PLAY_HTTP_SECRET_KEY=DUvbrcM2AbuB7oXboI1x`ZI_?1Iou>/ch2@lFXfrvVkWlHuA848y?GyR/0i2Ma:A
+      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=jwtprivatekey
+      - PLAY_HTTP_SECRET_KEY=playhttpsecretkey
       - FRIEND_SERVICE_URI=http://friend-service:9000/
       - ENABLE_QUESTION_DB_SEEDING=true
 
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ services:
       - "9000"
     environment:
       - MONGO_URI=mongodb://user-mongo:27017/userdb
-      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I=
+      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=jwtprivatekey
       - ENABLE_USER_DB_SEEDING=true
-      - SEEDED_ADMIN_PASSWORD=doesntreallymatter
+      - SEEDED_ADMIN_PASSWORD=seededadminpassword
 
   friend-service:
     build:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ services:
       - MONGO_HOST=friend-mongo
       - MONGO_PORT=27017
       - MONGO_DBNAME=friends
-      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I=
+      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=jwtprivatekey
 
   comment-service:
     build:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
       - MONGO_HOST=comment-mongo
       - MONGO_PORT=27017
       - MONGO_DBNAME=comments
-      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I=
+      - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY=jwtprivatekey
 
   frontend-service:
     build:
diff --git a/gcloud/comment-service/comment-service-deployment.yaml b/gcloud/comment-service/comment-service-deployment.yaml
index 84715f9e339ec008408c8858c8f19693525930b0..346d549e5b85915461a0bcb7f92aa2784a247ce0 100644
--- a/gcloud/comment-service/comment-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/comment-service/comment-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
             - name: MONGO_DBNAME
               value: "comments"
             - name: JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
-              value: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+              value: "jwtprivatekey"
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
diff --git a/gcloud/feed-service/feed-service-deployment.yaml b/gcloud/feed-service/feed-service-deployment.yaml
index 56be35df4024f7c32ff62ae8728f076ef037b515..ce176f259d6f4963ebf6e684778ee8754d352745 100644
--- a/gcloud/feed-service/feed-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/feed-service/feed-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ spec:
             - name: ENABLE_QUESTION_DB_SEEDING
               value: "true"
             - name: JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
-              value: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+              value: "jwtprivatekey"
             - name: PLAY_HTTP_SECRET_KEY
-              value: "DUvbrcM2AbuB7oXboI1x`ZI_?1Iou>/ch2@lFXfrvVkWlHuA848y?GyR/0i2Ma:A"
+              value: "playhttpsecretkey"
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
diff --git a/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml b/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml
index 5d93fcd3085554963442a08b820469ae3b2f207e..3ffa326fdc15ff4f9b7e2f57b91a278f23eb244a 100644
--- a/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/friend-service/friend-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
             - name: MONGO_DBNAME
               value: "friends"
             - name: JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
-              value: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+              value: "jwtprivatekey"
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
diff --git a/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml b/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml
index 8a44371fb94fe9186fe337d5adc7031708d8e845..3b46cd296d1cc8992acf78b480445e088e0cb668 100644
--- a/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/user-service/user-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ spec:
             - name: ENABLE_USER_DB_SEEDING
               value: "true"
             - name: SEEDED_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-              value: "doesntreallymatter"
+              value: "seededadminpassword"
             - name: JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
-              value: "yB/uX5KdyjHN9P34IE49HxAcrlQ4gfvpVJEzGbo5E/I="
+              value: "jwtprivatekey"
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m