diff --git a/src/Jlapp/Swaggervel/routes.php b/src/Jlapp/Swaggervel/routes.php
index 5d845d2..6802c6d 100644
--- a/src/Jlapp/Swaggervel/routes.php
+++ b/src/Jlapp/Swaggervel/routes.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
         'clientSecret'       => Input::get("client_secret"),
         'realm'       => Input::get("realm"),
         'appName'       => Input::get("appName"),
+        'apiKey'       => Config::get("swaggervel.api-key")
         )
     );
 
diff --git a/src/views/index.blade.php b/src/views/index.blade.php
index 9103cc2..962d651 100644
--- a/src/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/src/views/index.blade.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function log() {
                 function addApiKeyAuthorization() {
                     var key = encodeURIComponent($('#input_apiKey')[0].value);
                     if (key && key.trim() != "") {
-                        var apiKeyAuth = new SwaggerClient.ApiKeyAuthorization("api_key", key, "query");
+                        var apiKeyAuth = new SwaggerClient.ApiKeyAuthorization("{!! $apiKey !!}", key, "query");
                         window.swaggerUi.api.clientAuthorizations.add("api_key", apiKeyAuth);
                         log("added key " + key);
                     }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function addApiKeyAuthorization() {
                 <a id="logo" href="http://swagger.io">swagger</a>
                 <form id='api_selector'>
                     <div class='input'><input placeholder="http://example.com/api" id="input_baseUrl" name="baseUrl" type="text"/></div>
-                    <div class='input'><input placeholder="api_key" id="input_apiKey" name="apiKey" type="text"/></div>
+                    <div class='input'><input placeholder="{!! $apiKey !!}" id="input_apiKey" name="apiKey" type="text"/></div>
                     <div class='input'><a id="explore" href="#" data-sw-translate>Explore</a></div>
                 </form>
             </div>