diff --git a/ansible/templates/kaui/conf/setenv2.sh.j2 b/ansible/templates/kaui/conf/setenv2.sh.j2
index 24f2e5f9..c9d10611 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/kaui/conf/setenv2.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/templates/kaui/conf/setenv2.sh.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 # Java Properties
+
 export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS
                       {{ kaui_system_properties }}"
+
+if [  -z ${KAUI_SECRET_KEY_BASE+x} ]; then
+  export KAUI_SECRET_KEY_BASE=$(head -c 1024 /dev/urandom | base64 | tr -cd "[:upper:][:digit:]" | head -c 129)
+fi