diff --git a/app/dot_env b/app/dot_env
index 07811f4..9448fa4 100644
--- a/app/dot_env
+++ b/app/dot_env
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DESTINATION = "/var/invoices/"
 #DESTINATION = "../invoices/"
 
 CHUNK_SIZE =1048576 # = 2 ** 20  = 1MB
+TOKEN="ZPOclCF5od59SgW6PLM2"
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 2349f22..c247083 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ load_dotenv()
 SERVICE_URL = os.getenv('SERVICE_URL')
 DESTINATION = os.getenv('DESTINATION')
 CHUNK_SIZE = int(os.getenv('CHUNK_SIZE'))
+env_TOKEN = os.getenv('TOKEN')
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ async def create_qr_code(code_content: Optional[str] = None, token: Optional[str
     Returns:
         Response: The QR code image as a Response object with media type "image/png".
     """
-    if token == 'ZPOclCF5od59SgW6PLM2':
+    if token == env_TOKEN:
         if code_content:
             qr_image = make_qrcode(code_content)
             print("{} : QR Created".format(datetime.datetime.now()))