diff --git a/manifests/smtp-server/create_secret.sh b/manifests/smtp-server/create_secret.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f29ae38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/smtp-server/create_secret.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Please enter your Gmail account";
+read username;
+
+echo "Please enter your Gmail password";
+read -s password;
+
+echo "Creating secret"
+kubectl create secret generic smtp-account -n monitoring --from-literal=username=${username} --from-literal=password=${password}
diff --git a/manifests/smtp-server/smtp.yaml b/manifests/smtp-server/smtp.yaml
index 08edafa..b2f6f16 100644
--- a/manifests/smtp-server/smtp.yaml
+++ b/manifests/smtp-server/smtp.yaml
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ spec:
           protocol: TCP
         env:
         - name: GMAIL_USER
-          value: "youremail@gmail.com"
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: smtp-account
+              key: username
         - name: GMAIL_PASSWORD
-          value: "yourpassword"
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: smtp-account
+              key: password
         - name: DISABLE_IPV6
           value: "True"
         - name: RELAY_DOMAINS