diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
index 3335e2e..883f9e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
             SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
             GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID }}
             GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+            AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v3
             # This is to fix GIT not liking owner of the checkout dir - https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2033#issuecomment-1204205989
diff --git a/scripts/deploy_backend.sh b/scripts/deploy_backend.sh
index bb35b1e..d684a58 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_backend.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy_backend.sh
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ echo "Deleting old image"
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i key.pem azureuser@"$BACKEND_DOMAIN" "docker system prune -f || echo 'No images to delete'"
 
 echo "INFO: starting docker container"
-ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i key.pem azureuser@"$BACKEND_DOMAIN" "docker run --name wasp-backend -p $PORT:$PORT -e PORT='$PORT' -e DATABASE_URL='$DATABASE_URL' -e WASP_WEB_CLIENT_URL='$WASP_WEB_CLIENT_URL' -e JWT_SECRET='$JWT_SECRET' -e GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID='$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID' -e GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET='$GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET' -d ghcr.io/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY:$TAG"
+ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i key.pem azureuser@"$BACKEND_DOMAIN" "docker run --name wasp-backend -p $PORT:$PORT -e PORT='$PORT' -e DATABASE_URL='$DATABASE_URL' -e WASP_WEB_CLIENT_URL='$WASP_WEB_CLIENT_URL' -e JWT_SECRET='$JWT_SECRET' -e GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID='$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID' -e GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET='$GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET' -e AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY='$AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY' -d ghcr.io/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY:$TAG"