diff --git a/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py b/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py
index b9fa997..a8dd2bb 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/config/envvars.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from os import environ
+from os import environ, getenv
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 TFW_PREFIX = 'TFW_'
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ 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')