diff --git a/.config/pkgdev/pkgdev.conf b/.config/pkgdev/pkgdev.conf
index 0a8d37c..68c6435 100644
--- a/.config/pkgdev/pkgdev.conf
+++ b/.config/pkgdev/pkgdev.conf
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ commit.signoff = true
 commit.mangle = true
 # allow pushing commits with QA errors
 push.ask = true
+# load api key from file outside of my config git repo
+bugs.config = ~/.config/pkgdev/secrets.conf
 
 # vim: set ft=toml: