diff --git a/.gitguardian.yml b/.gitguardian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6e06e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitguardian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+exclusions:
+  - "env.properties.example"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index cf27d58..48be8e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           architecture: 'x64'
 
+      - name: Copy env.properties
+        run: cp env.properties.example env.properties
+        
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: mvn verify
 
diff --git a/env.properties.example b/env.properties.example
index 3c08643..03cb22c 100644
--- a/env.properties.example
+++ b/env.properties.example
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ DATABASE_HOST=<DATABASE HOST AND PORT>
 DATABASE_USERNAME=<DATABASE USERNAME>
 DATABASE_PASSWORD=<DATABASE PASSWORD>
 
-JWT_SECRET_KEY=<GENERATED SECRET KEY>
-JWT_EXPIRATION_TIME=<TOKEN EXPIRATION TIME>
+JWT_SECRET_KEY=ce83b9f1cfe7f191cf5efb12770e4f0b61a0f287d5f2b48c47bda6c3f4d50c5d
+JWT_EXPIRATION_TIME=3600000
 
 SUPER_ADMIN_NAME=<SUPER ADMIN NAME>
 SUPER_ADMIN_EMAIL=<SUPER ADMIN EMAIL>