diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
index 9fc7c1e0..30797931 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@ on:
 # Since each step is executed on the same runner, you can share data from one step to another.
 jobs:
   job1:
+    environment: # fetch variable from github environment
+      name: testing
     env:
       # Database Environment Variables
-      DATABASE_HOSTNAME: localhost
-      DB_PASSWORD: password123
-      DATABASE_PORT: 5432
-      DATABASE_NAME: fastapi
-      DB_USERNAME: postgres
+      DATABASE_HOSTNAME: ${{secrets.DATABASE_HOSTNAME}} # fetches values from Github Action Secrets / Environment
+      DB_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.DB_PASSWORD}}
+      DATABASE_PORT: ${{secrets.DATABASE_PORT}}
+      DATABASE_NAME: ${{secrets.DATABASE_NAME}}
+      DB_USERNAME: ${{secrets.DB_USERNAME}}
 
       # Authorization Environment Variables 
-      SECRET_KEY: 09d25e094faa6ca2556c818166b7a9563b93f7099f6f0f4caa6cf63b88e8d3e7
-      ALGORITHM: HS256
-      ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES: 30
+      SECRET_KEY: ${{secrets.SECRET_KEY}}
+      ALGORITHM: ${{secrets.ALGORITHM}}
+      ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES: ${{secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES}}
       
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: