diff --git a/src/XrdHttp/xrootd-http.cf b/src/XrdHttp/xrootd-http.cf
index cdf9c1a3397..4669e10e0f8 100644
--- a/src/XrdHttp/xrootd-http.cf
+++ b/src/XrdHttp/xrootd-http.cf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fi
 http.cert /etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem
 http.key /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem
 http.cadir /etc/grid-security/certificates
-http.secretkey etc/hosts8374653847t37t8873t3t3u
+http.secretkey CHANGEME
 #http.secxtractor /usr/lib64/libXrdHttpVOMS.so.1
 
 # As an example of preloading files, let's preload in memory