diff --git a/connect.yaml b/connect.yaml
index 45b2a3b..84d25d3 100644
--- a/connect.yaml
+++ b/connect.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ deployAs:
           description: Commercetools client scope
         - key: CTP_REGION
           description: Region of Commercetools project
+        - key: SEARCH_PLATFORM_CONFIG
+          description: Escaped JSON object including credentails to search platform and other settings
   - name: incremental-updater
     applicationType: event
     endpoint: /
diff --git a/full-ingestion/src/extensions/algolia-example/configurations/config.js b/full-ingestion/src/extensions/algolia-example/configurations/config.js
index 9712e9b..5c3717a 100644
--- a/full-ingestion/src/extensions/algolia-example/configurations/config.js
+++ b/full-ingestion/src/extensions/algolia-example/configurations/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+function loadConfig() {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(process.env.SEARCH_PLATFORM_CONFIG);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Search platform configuration is not provided in the JSON format'
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 export const config = {
-  applicationId: process.env.AGOLIA_APPLICATION_ID,
-  searchApiKey: process.env.AGOLIA_SEARCH_API_KEY,
-  index: process.env.AGOLIA_INDEX,
+  applicationId: loadConfig().applicationId,
+  searchApiKey: loadConfig().searchApiKey,
+  index: loadConfig().index,
 };