diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 0a295f8..6115e88 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ func main() {
 	var disabledReconcilers utils.FlagList
 	var debug bool
 	var maxmindUrl string
+	var maxmindAccountId string
+	var maxmindToken string
 	flag.BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "Debug mode for the logger")
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
+	flag.StringVar(&maxmindAccountId, "maxmind-accountid", "", "The account id of the maxmind geodatabase.")
+	flag.StringVar(&maxmindToken, "maxmind-token", "", "The access token of the maxmind geodatabase.")
 	flag.StringVar(&maxmindUrl, "maxmind-url", "https://geoip.maxmind.com/geoip/v2.1/city/", "The endpoint of the maxmind for the ip lookup to work.")
 	flag.Var(&disabledReconcilers, "disabled-reconcilers", "Comma seperated values of the reconciliers, Tenant,TenantResourceQuota,SubNamespace...")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Try to read the maxmind accountid, and token from the file.
-	maxmind, err := labeller.NewMaxMindFromSecret()
+	maxmind, err := labeller.NewMaxMindFromSecret(maxmindUrl, maxmindAccountId, maxmindToken)
 
 	// If the error is not nil then we cannot get the maxmind config and we should not start node labeller reconcilier.
 	disableNodeLabeller := err != nil
diff --git a/internal/labeller/maxmind.go b/internal/labeller/maxmind.go
index b006748..1fc91d3 100644
--- a/internal/labeller/maxmind.go
+++ b/internal/labeller/maxmind.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package labeller
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/savaki/geoip2"
 )
@@ -19,9 +21,71 @@ type maxMind struct {
 	key       string
 }
 
-// Read the content from the secret directory
-func NewMaxMindFromSecret() (MaxMind, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New("not yet implemented")
+// Read the content from the secret directory. URL is given as a non empty string. Others can be.
+// 1. First try to create the maxmind struct from command line arguments.
+// 2. If they are not specified, look for the environment variables.
+// 3. If they are also not specified, check the secrets mounted.
+func NewMaxMindFromSecret(url, accountId, key string) (MaxMind, error) {
+	// Try to build from command line arguments
+	if url != "" && accountId != "" && key != "" {
+		return maxMind{
+			url:       url,
+			accountId: accountId,
+			key:       key,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	// Get them from environment variables.
+	accountId, key = os.Getenv("MAXMIND_ACCOUNTID"), os.Getenv("MAXMIND_KEY")
+	if url != "" && accountId != "" && key != "" {
+		return maxMind{
+			url:       url,
+			accountId: accountId,
+			key:       key,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	// Get them from secrets mounted by kubernetes.
+	accountIdPath := "/var/run/secrets/edge-net.io/maxmind-secret/maxmind_accountid"
+	keyPath := "/var/run/secrets/edge-net.io/maxmind-secret/maxmind_token"
+
+	// Last resort, return error if there is one.
+	accountIdBytes, err := os.ReadFile(accountId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Last resort, return error if there is one.
+	keyBytes, err := os.ReadFile(keyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	accountIdBytes, err = base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(string(accountIdBytes))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	keyBytes, err = base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(string(keyBytes))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	accountId = string(accountIdBytes)
+	key = string(keyBytes)
+
+	// Try to build from command line arguments
+	if url != "" && accountId != "" && key != "" {
+		return maxMind{
+			url:       url,
+			accountId: accountId,
+			key:       key,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.New("cannot read the maxmind secrets")
 }
 
 // This is for performing a lookup on the IP Address