diff --git a/borg_backup.sh b/borg_backup.sh
index a08c7e2..ef9159e 100755
--- a/borg_backup.sh
+++ b/borg_backup.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ touch "$cache_file"
 BORG_REPO=ssh://flyingscorpio@2px.info:22/~/"$(hostname)".borg
 export BORG_REPO
 
-export BORG_PASSPHRASE='ribosome66'
+BORG_PASSPHRASE="$BORG_PASSPHRASE"
+export BORG_PASSPHRASE
 
 # some helpers and error handling:
 info() { printf "\n%s %s\n\n" "$(date)" "$*" >&2; }
diff --git a/pacman_hooks/borg_backup.hook b/pacman_hooks/borg_backup.hook
index cb34793..9dc92df 100644
--- a/pacman_hooks/borg_backup.hook
+++ b/pacman_hooks/borg_backup.hook
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Target = *
 [Action]
 Description = Borg backup
 When = PreTransaction
-Exec = /home/flyingscorpio/SetupCockpit/borg_backup.sh
+Exec = source /home/flyingscorpio/SetupCockpit/secrets && /home/flyingscorpio/SetupCockpit/borg_backup.sh
 Depends = borg
diff --git a/secrets.template b/secrets.template
index 00cce75..02f52fe 100644
--- a/secrets.template
+++ b/secrets.template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # secrets - is sourced by some commands - this is a template
 
 SETUP_COCKPIT_EMAIL=''
+BORG_PASSPHRASE=''