diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a2aae83..c5abe79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ jobs:
           MACOS_SIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MACOS_SIGN_PASSWORD }}
           MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID }}
           MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID }}
-          MACOS_NOTARY_KEY: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          MACOS_NOTARY_KEY: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY }}
+          POSTHOG_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_API_KEY }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/test-release.yml
index cc1db74..b74f631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-release.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ jobs:
           MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID }}
           MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID }}
           MACOS_NOTARY_KEY: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY }}
+          POSTHOG_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index d0d6e66..af51492 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ builds:
       - -X github.com/furisto/construct/frontend/cli/cmd.Version={{ .Version }}
       - -X github.com/furisto/construct/frontend/cli/cmd.GitCommit={{ .Commit }}
       - -X github.com/furisto/construct/frontend/cli/cmd.BuildDate={{ .Date }}
+      - -X github.com/furisto/construct/backend/analytics.PostHogAPIKey={{ .Env.POSTHOG_API_KEY }}
     hooks:
       post:
         - sh -c 'sha256sum {{ .Path }} | cut -d" " -f1 > {{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}_checksum.txt'
diff --git a/backend/analytics/client.go b/backend/analytics/client.go
index b81e466..f764872 100644
--- a/backend/analytics/client.go
+++ b/backend/analytics/client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/posthog/posthog-go"
 )
 
+var (
+	// PostHogAPIKey is the PostHog project API key
+	PostHogAPIKey = ""
+)
+
 type Event struct {
 	DistinctId string
 	Event      string
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ type PostHogClient struct {
 }
 
 func NewPostHogClient() (*PostHogClient, error) {
-	client, err := posthog.NewWithConfig("phc_YcYtQoT1FASKJ6PZBF61NeGibEcKkw1v6aEd4udQfND", posthog.Config{Endpoint: "https://eu.i.posthog.com"})
+	client, err := posthog.NewWithConfig(PostHogAPIKey, posthog.Config{Endpoint: "https://eu.i.posthog.com"})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/frontend/cli/cmd/daemon_run.go b/frontend/cli/cmd/daemon_run.go
index 940df0a..540f374 100644
--- a/frontend/cli/cmd/daemon_run.go
+++ b/frontend/cli/cmd/daemon_run.go
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ debugging and development. For normal use, 'construct daemon install' is recomme
 				}
 			}
 
-			analytics, err := analytics.NewPostHogClient()
+			var analyticsClient analytics.Client
+			analyticsClient, err = analytics.NewPostHogClient()
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create analytics client: %w", err)
+				slog.Error("failed to create analytics client", "error", err)
+				analyticsClient = analytics.NewNoopClient()
 			}
 
 			runtime, err := agent.NewRuntime(
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ debugging and development. For normal use, 'construct daemon install' is recomme
 					// codeact.NewSubmitReportTool(),
 					codeact.NewPrintTool(),
 				),
-				agent.WithAnalytics(analytics),
+				agent.WithAnalytics(analyticsClient),
 			)
 
 			if err != nil {