From 5b7727fab464f3d956d07839571d89d80bc0ed4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen <owen@txv.io>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:22:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #1332

---
 server/lib/readConfigFile.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
index 6543b25c..916c7e7e 100644
--- a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
+++ b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ export const configSchema = z
             trust_proxy: z.number().int().gte(0).optional().default(1),
             secret: z
                 .string()
-                .transform(getEnvOrYaml("SERVER_SECRET"))
                 .pipe(z.string().min(8))
                 .optional()
         }).optional().default({
@@ -324,7 +323,10 @@ export const configSchema = z
             if (data.managed) {
                 return true;
             }
-            // If hybrid is not defined, server secret must be defined
+            // If hybrid is not defined, server secret must be defined. If its not defined already then pull it from env
+            if (data.server?.secret === undefined) {
+                data.server.secret = process.env.SERVER_SECRET;
+            }
             return data.server?.secret !== undefined && data.server.secret.length > 0;
         },
         {