diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 788daba..2930712 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"git.minhas.io/asara/sudoscientist/packages/auth"
 	"git.minhas.io/asara/sudoscientist/packages/database"
 	"git.minhas.io/asara/sudoscientist/packages/users"
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
 	"github.com/go-chi/jwtauth"
@@ -27,10 +26,8 @@ func main() {
 	users.Init()
 
 	// initiate jwt token
-	auth.TokenAuth = jwtauth.New("HS256", []byte("secret"), nil)
+	auth.TokenAuth = jwtauth.New("HS256", []byte(os.Getenv("JWT_SECRET")), nil)
 	users.TokenAuth = auth.TokenAuth
-	_, tokenString, _ := auth.TokenAuth.Encode(jwt.MapClaims{"asara": 123})
-	log.Printf("DEBUG: a sample jwt is %s\n\n", tokenString)
 	// initiate the routes
 	router := Routes()