diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index c1d73da..d20fdff 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     json,
     redirect
 )
+import os
 import logging
 from search.oligo_search import (
     get_sequence_list,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
     __name__,
     static_folder="static"
 )
-app.secret_key = "myverysecretkey"
+app.secret_key = os.getenv("APP_SECRET_KEY", os.urandom(24).hex())
 Compress(app)