diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 14e1a91..a32e93b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "DOCKER_HOST=${{ secrets.PROD_DOCKER_HOST }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.PROD_BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=${{ secrets.PROD_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CLERK_SECRET_KEY=${{ secrets.PROD_CLERK_SECRET_KEY }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "DOMAIN=${{ secrets.PROD_DOMAIN }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         elif [ "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/dev" ]; then
           echo "SETTING DEV VARS"
           echo "DOCKER_HOST=${{ secrets.DEV_DOCKER_HOST }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.DEV_BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=${{ secrets.DEV_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CLERK_SECRET_KEY=${{ secrets.DEV_CLERK_SECRET_KEY }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "DOMAIN=${{ secrets.DEV_DOMAIN }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
     # put ssh key into right directory to connect to the docker host server
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         ssh root@${{ env.DOCKER_HOST }} "cat > /app/.env <<EOL
         LOG_LEVEL=${{ env.LOG_LEVEL }}
         CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=${{ env.CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}
+        CLERK_SECRET_KEY=${{ env.CLERK_SECRET_KEY }}
         BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN=${{ env.BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN }}
         DOMAIN=${{ env.DOMAIN }}
         EOL"
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index a5387db..0c30635 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - DB_URL=sqlite:///data/reflex.db
       - CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY
+      - CLERK_SECRET_KEY
       - LOG_LEVEL
       - BETTERSTACK_API_TOKEN
     build: