diff --git a/lib/envvars.py b/lib/envvars.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeb2712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/envvars.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from collections import namedtuple
+from os import environ
+
+
+def generate_namedtuple_from_prefixed_envvars(prefix: str, tuple_name: str):
+    envvars = {envvar.replace(prefix, '', 1): environ.get(envvar)
+               for envvar in environ.keys()
+               if envvar.startswith(prefix)}
+    return namedtuple(tuple_name, envvars)(**envvars)
diff --git a/lib/tao/__init__.py b/lib/tao/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lib/tao/config/__init__.py b/lib/tao/config/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3319d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tao/config/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .envvars import *
diff --git a/lib/tao/config/envvars.py b/lib/tao/config/envvars.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6262ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tao/config/envvars.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from envvars import generate_namedtuple_from_prefixed_envvars
+
+taoenv = generate_namedtuple_from_prefixed_envvars('AVATAO_', 'taoenvtuple')
diff --git a/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py b/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py
index a8dd2bb..d94be2b 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-from os import environ, getenv
-from collections import namedtuple
+from envvars import generate_namedtuple_from_prefixed_envvars
 
-TFW_PREFIX = 'TFW_'
-tfwenvvars = {envvar.replace(TFW_PREFIX, '', 1): environ.get(envvar)
-              for envvar in environ.keys()
-              if envvar.startswith(TFW_PREFIX)}
-tfwenv = namedtuple('tfwenvtuple', tfwenvvars)(**tfwenvvars)
-
-AVATAO_SECRET = getenv('AVATAO_SECRET', 'secret')
+tfwenv = generate_namedtuple_from_prefixed_envvars('TFW_', 'tfwenvtuple')
diff --git a/src/controller/app.py b/src/controller/app.py
index 73b321c..c304231 100644
--- a/src/controller/app.py
+++ b/src/controller/app.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 from tornado.web import Application
 
-from tfw.config import tfwenv, AVATAO_SECRET
+from tao.config import taoenv
+from tfw.config import tfwenv
 from handlers import SolutionCheckHandler, TestHandler
 from tfw.networking.solvable_connector import SolvableConnector
 
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     solvable_connector = SolvableConnector()
     routes = [
-        (r'/{secret}/?'.format(secret=AVATAO_SECRET), SolutionCheckHandler, {'solvable_connector': solvable_connector}),
-        (r'/{secret}/test/?'.format(secret=AVATAO_SECRET), TestHandler, {'solvable_connector': solvable_connector})
+        (r'/{secret}/?'.format(secret=taoenv.SECRET), SolutionCheckHandler, {'solvable_connector': solvable_connector}),
+        (r'/{secret}/test/?'.format(secret=taoenv.SECRET), TestHandler, {'solvable_connector': solvable_connector})
     ]
     app = Application(
         routes