diff --git a/template/assets/use_case/template/pyproject.toml.hbs b/template/assets/use_case/template/pyproject.toml.hbs
index 37e8071..75c8b5c 100644
--- a/template/assets/use_case/template/pyproject.toml.hbs
+++ b/template/assets/use_case/template/pyproject.toml.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ requires-python = ">={{ python_version }}"
 
 # You can add dependencies with `aqora add`
 dependencies = [
-  "q3as>=0.1.3", 
+  "q3as>=0.1.3",
+  "python-dotenv>=1.0.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/template/assets/use_case/template/submission/q3as_demo.ipynb b/template/assets/use_case/template/submission/q3as_demo.ipynb
index baf8661..3dc9728 100644
--- a/template/assets/use_case/template/submission/q3as_demo.ipynb
+++ b/template/assets/use_case/template/submission/q3as_demo.ipynb
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "from q3as import Client, Credentials\n",
+    "from dotenv import load_dotenv\n",
+    "import os\n",
     "\n",
-    "id = \"your-id\"\n",
-    "secret = \"your-secret\"\n",
+    "load_dotenv()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "id = os.getenv(\"Q3AS_ID\")\n",
+    "secret = os.getenv(\"Q3AS_SECRET\")\n",
     "\n",
     "client = Client(Credentials(id=id, secret=secret))"
    ]