diff --git a/config/_default.php b/config/_default.php
index 7334df2..f06122e 100644
--- a/config/_default.php
+++ b/config/_default.php
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ $config = [
 		'dsn' => null,
 		'username' => null,
 		'password' => null
-	]
+	],
+	'secret_key' => 'AqeZFu4MWMZ=P2H_SMgS%%7y9aas52%$^eQSQ%HQbYqU(fDo',
+	'jwt_lifetime' => 86400 * 365 * 5, // five years should be enough for now...
 ];
 
 return $config;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Models/User.php b/src/Models/User.php
index f95bb29..3316da0 100644
--- a/src/Models/User.php
+++ b/src/Models/User.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
 use Gedmo\Mapping\Annotation as Gedmo;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
+use Silex\Component\Security\Core\Encoder\JWTEncoder;
+use EmotionHero\Application;
 
 /**
  * Users
@@ -139,4 +141,14 @@ class User implements UserInterface
     {
         return $this->id;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @JMS\VirtualProperty
+     * @return String
+     */
+    public function getJwt() {
+        $c =Application::getInstance()->getConfig();
+        $encoder = new JWTEncoder($c['secret_key'], $c['jwt_lifetime'], null);
+        return $encoder->encode(['id' => $this->getUsername()]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/www/index.php b/www/index.php
index 9e8d3d1..1309ead 100644
--- a/www/index.php
+++ b/www/index.php
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ $app = new Silex\Application([
 
 define('USER_ID_FIELD', 'id');
 
-$get_secret_key = function($payload){return 'AqeZFu4MWMZ=P2H_SMgS%%7'.$payload['uid'].'y9aas52%$^eQSQ%HQbYqU(fDo';};
+
 
 $app['security.jwt'] = [
-    'secret_key' => 'Very_secret_key',
-    'life_time'  => 86400 * 365,
+    'secret_key' => $eh->getConfig()['secret_key'],
+    'life_time'  => $eh->getConfig()['jwt_lifetime'],
     'options'    => [
         'username_claim' => USER_ID_FIELD, // default name, option specifying claim containing username
         'header_name' => 'X-Access-Token', // default null, option for usage normal oauth2 header