diff --git a/agentic_security/config.py b/agentic_security/config.py
index c9421ab..93e5ab9 100644
--- a/agentic_security/config.py
+++ b/agentic_security/config.py
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ low = 0.15
 medium = 0.3
 high = 0.5
 
+[secrets]
+# Secrets for the security scan from environment variables
+OPENAI_API_KEY = "$OPENAI_API_KEY"
+DEEPSEEK_API_KEY = "$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY"
 
 """.replace(
                     "$HOST", host
diff --git a/agentic_security/core/app.py b/agentic_security/core/app.py
index dbfcf73..d73cc01 100644
--- a/agentic_security/core/app.py
+++ b/agentic_security/core/app.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from asyncio import Event, Queue
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI
 tools_inbox: Queue = Queue()
 stop_event: Event = Event()
 current_run: str = {"spec": "", "id": ""}
+_secrets = {}
 
 
 def create_app() -> FastAPI:
@@ -33,3 +35,20 @@ def set_current_run(spec):
     current_run["id"] = hash(id(spec))
     current_run["spec"] = spec
     return current_run
+
+
+def get_secrets():
+    return _secrets
+
+
+def set_secrets(secrets):
+    _secrets.update(secrets)
+    expand_secrets(_secrets)
+    return _secrets
+
+
+def expand_secrets(secrets):
+    for key in secrets:
+        val = secrets[key]
+        if val.startswith("$"):
+            secrets[key] = os.getenv(val.strip("$"))
diff --git a/agentic_security/core/test_app.py b/agentic_security/core/test_app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b72e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agentic_security/core/test_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+from agentic_security.core.app import expand_secrets
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def setup_env_vars():
+    # Set up environment variables for testing
+    os.environ["TEST_ENV_VAR"] = "test_value"
+
+
+def test_expand_secrets_with_env_var():
+    secrets = {"secret_key": "$TEST_ENV_VAR"}
+    expand_secrets(secrets)
+    assert secrets["secret_key"] == "test_value"
+
+
+def test_expand_secrets_without_env_var():
+    secrets = {"secret_key": "$NON_EXISTENT_VAR"}
+    expand_secrets(secrets)
+    assert secrets["secret_key"] is None
+
+
+def test_expand_secrets_without_dollar_sign():
+    secrets = {"secret_key": "plain_value"}
+    expand_secrets(secrets)
+    assert secrets["secret_key"] == "plain_value"
diff --git a/agentic_security/dependencies.py b/agentic_security/dependencies.py
index c853aa3..0d67534 100644
--- a/agentic_security/dependencies.py
+++ b/agentic_security/dependencies.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from agentic_security.config import CfgMixin
+from agentic_security.core.app import set_secrets
 
 
 class InMemorySecrets:
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ class InMemorySecrets:
         self.config = CfgMixin()
         self.config.get_or_create_config()
         self.secrets = self.config.config.get("secrets", {})
+        set_secrets(self.secrets)
 
     def set_secret(self, key: str, value: str):
         self.secrets[key] = value
diff --git a/agentic_security/http_spec.py b/agentic_security/http_spec.py
index a41cf85..cccf228 100644
--- a/agentic_security/http_spec.py
+++ b/agentic_security/http_spec.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ def parse_http_spec(http_spec: str) -> LLMSpec:
     Returns:
         LLMSpec: An object representing the parsed HTTP specification, with attributes for the method, URL, headers, and body.
     """
+    from agentic_security.core.app import get_secrets
+
+    secrets = get_secrets()
 
     # Split the spec by lines
     lines = http_spec.strip().split("\n")
@@ -164,6 +167,11 @@ def parse_http_spec(http_spec: str) -> LLMSpec:
     has_files = "multipart/form-data" in headers.get("Content-Type", "")
     has_image = "<<BASE64_IMAGE>>" in body
     has_audio = "<<BASE64_AUDIO>>" in body
+
+    for key, value in secrets.items():
+        key = key.strip("$")
+        body = body.replace(f"${key}", value)
+
     return LLMSpec(
         method=method,
         url=url,
diff --git a/agentic_security/routes/telemetry.py b/agentic_security/routes/telemetry.py
index 4d89a5e..6ecf869 100644
--- a/agentic_security/routes/telemetry.py
+++ b/agentic_security/routes/telemetry.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import sentry_sdk
+from loguru import logger
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import ignore_logger
 
 from ..models.schemas import Settings
-from loguru import logger
 
 
 def setup(app):