diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1cad67b..f918f96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
-src/public/main.js
\ No newline at end of file
+src/public/main.js
+src/.secret
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index f006755..06da948 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import _ from 'underscore';
 import Room from './room';
 import favicon from 'serve-favicon';
 import compression from 'compression';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 const app = express();
 const server = http.createServer(app);
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ const sessionMiddleware = session({
     port: 6379,
     db: 2
   }),
-  secret: 'hay',
+  secret: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/.secret', 'UTF-8'),
   resave: true,
   saveUninitialized: true
 });