diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ed8f67..0559e82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
 
 src/credentials.h
 
-config/
-
 credentials/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/credentials/api_keys.h b/credentials/api_keys.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 99214e3..0000000
--- a/credentials/api_keys.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef CONFIG_H
-#define CONFIG_H
-
-#define API_TOKEN "api_2apcwsQuXcq8ySCMelpMxdMxmP2_QL2ht1ddZRFaWrfa3QsCHMHtWgeJ5SF9n5"; 
-
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/deployable_example.cpp b/src/deployable_example.cpp
index 52dce96..2a0aa4a 100644
--- a/src/deployable_example.cpp
+++ b/src/deployable_example.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "integrations.h" 
 #include "stacklight.h"
 
-#include "../credentials/api_keys.h" //testing only
+// #include "../credentials/api_keys.h" //testing only
 
 #ifdef PRELOADED_CREDENTIALS
   #include "credentials.h"
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ bool shouldPerformAutoConfig(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
 //perform autoconfig:
 void performAutoConfig(AsyncWebServerRequest *request){
   const char* endpoint = groundlight_endpoint;
-  const char* apiToken = API_TOKEN;
+  const char* apiToken = groundlight_API_key;
   detector esp_det = get_detector_by_name(endpoint, "ESP32-CAM-87E1AC", apiToken); // ESP32-CAM-87E1AC
   //error handling detector name doesn't exist 
   if (strcmp(esp_det.id, "NONE") == 0) {