diff --git a/config/development.json b/config/development.json
index 47d561b..c91a562 100644
--- a/config/development.json
+++ b/config/development.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "port": 3000,
   "database": ".db",
-  "uploads": "public/uploads"
+  "uploads": "public/uploads",
+  "secret": "iamasecretstring"
 }
diff --git a/config/production.json b/config/production.json
index 47d561b..c91a562 100644
--- a/config/production.json
+++ b/config/production.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "port": 3000,
   "database": ".db",
-  "uploads": "public/uploads"
+  "uploads": "public/uploads",
+  "secret": "iamasecretstring"
 }
diff --git a/config/testing.json b/config/testing.json
index 8fe25d0..0c1ec88 100644
--- a/config/testing.json
+++ b/config/testing.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "port": 3001,
   "database": ".testdb",
   "rcFile": "./test/.codexdocsrc",
-  "uploads": "public/uploads_test"
+  "uploads": "public/uploads_test",
+  "secret": "iamasecretstring"
 }