diff --git a/community-containers/facerecognition/facerecognition.json b/community-containers/facerecognition/facerecognition.json
index 4078bada..d97d5c08 100644
--- a/community-containers/facerecognition/facerecognition.json
+++ b/community-containers/facerecognition/facerecognition.json
@@ -10,18 +10,21 @@
             "restart": "unless-stopped",
             "environment": [
                 "TZ=%TIMEZONE%",
-                "API_KEY=some-super-secret-api-key",
+                "API_KEY=%FACERECOGNITION_API_KEY%",
                 "FACE_MODEL=3"
             ],
             "aio_variables": [
                 "nextcloud_memory_limit=2048M"
             ],
+            "secrets": [
+                "FACERECOGNITION_API_KEY"
+            ],
             "enable_nvidia_gpu": false,
             "nextcloud_exec_commands": [
                 "php /var/www/html/occ app:install facerecognition",
                 "php /var/www/html/occ app:enable facerecognition", 
                 "php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set facerecognition.external_model_url --value nextcloud-aio-facerecognition:5000",
-                "php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set facerecognition.external_model_api_key --value some-super-secret-api-key",
+                "php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set facerecognition.external_model_api_key --value %FACERECOGNITION_API_KEY%",
                 "php /var/www/html/occ face:setup -m 5",
                 "php /var/www/html/occ face:setup -M 1G",
                 "php /var/www/html/occ config:app:set facerecognition analysis_image_area --value 4320000",