diff --git a/deploy.php b/deploy.php
index 546254ed..4e621062 100644
--- a/deploy.php
+++ b/deploy.php
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
 // artisan:migrate
 after('artisan:migrate', 'artisan:queue:restart');
 
+task('composer:private', function() {
+    cd('{{release_path}}');
+    run('source .env && /swadm/var/www/html/.dep/composer.phar config "http-basic.nova.laravel.com" "$NOVA_USERNAME" "$NOVA_LICENSE_KEY"');
+  });
+  
+before('deploy:vendors', 'composer:private');
+
 // deploy:publish
 // - deploy:symlink
 // - deploy:unlock