diff --git a/services/identity/src/config.rs b/services/identity/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/identity/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use opaque_ke::keypair::Key;
+use std::{env, fs, path::Path};
+
+#[derive(Default, Debug)]
+pub struct Config {
+  server_secret_key: Option<Key>,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+  pub fn load(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut path = env::current_dir()?;
+    path.push("secrets");
+    path.push("secret_key");
+    let key = get_key_from_file(path)?;
+    self.server_secret_key = Some(key);
+    Ok(())
+  }
+}
+
+fn get_key_from_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Key, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+  let bytes = fs::read(path)?;
+  Key::from_bytes(&bytes).map_err(|e| e.to_string().into())
+}
diff --git a/services/identity/src/lib.rs b/services/identity/src/lib.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/lib.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+pub mod config;
 pub mod opaque;
diff --git a/services/identity/src/main.rs b/services/identity/src/main.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   let addr = IDENTITY_SERVICE_SOCKET_ADDR.parse()?;
-  let identity_service = MyIdentityService::default();
+  let mut identity_service = MyIdentityService::default();
+  identity_service
+    .config
+    .load()
+    .expect("config successfully loaded");
 
   Server::builder()
     .add_service(IdentityServiceServer::new(identity_service))
diff --git a/services/identity/src/service.rs b/services/identity/src/service.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/service.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/service.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use tonic::{Request, Response, Status};
 
+use common::config::Config;
+
 pub use proto::identity_service_server::IdentityServiceServer;
 use proto::{
   identity_service_server::IdentityService, LoginRequest, LoginResponse, RegistrationRequest,
@@ -13,7 +15,9 @@
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub struct MyIdentityService {}
+pub struct MyIdentityService {
+  pub config: Config,
+}
 
 #[tonic::async_trait]
 impl IdentityService for MyIdentityService {