diff --git a/Host/Web.Secrets.config.template b/Host/Web.Secrets.config.template
index c6d596a1f..1fe58aa0a 100644
--- a/Host/Web.Secrets.config.template
+++ b/Host/Web.Secrets.config.template
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 <appSettings>
   <add key="OpenWebUIKey" value=""/>
   <add key="GetGkvSumApiKey" value=""/>
-  <add key="DownloadReportApiKey" value=""/>
+  <add key="DownloadReportApiKey" value=""/> 
+  <add key="OpenrouteServiceApiKey" value="" />
 </appSettings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Host/Web.config b/Host/Web.config
index 90b46eb9e..b06514b71 100644
--- a/Host/Web.config
+++ b/Host/Web.config
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@
     <add key="GoogleDistanceMatrixApiKey" value="AIzaSyDZ_tfNwm_YWC9JiCLQtHsd9X2OUUKuL0c" />
     <add key="OpenrouteServiceApiUrl" value="https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/matrix/driving-car" />
     <add key="OpenrouteServiceApiUrlGeocode" value="https://api.openrouteservice.org/geocode/search" />
-    <add key="OpenrouteServiceApiKey" value="5b3ce3597851110001cf62484b0917529e9a4008acda819dc06e47e8" />
 
     <add key="GkvAbrechnungResultFolderPath" value="C:\GkvAbrechnung\Results\" />
     <add key="GkvAbrechnungQueueFolderPath" value="C:\GkvAbrechnung\Data\Queue\" />
diff --git a/Service/ServiceUtils/DistanceCalculator/OpenrouteServiceAPI.cs b/Service/ServiceUtils/DistanceCalculator/OpenrouteServiceAPI.cs
index 3c55f0025..f57842594 100644
--- a/Service/ServiceUtils/DistanceCalculator/OpenrouteServiceAPI.cs
+++ b/Service/ServiceUtils/DistanceCalculator/OpenrouteServiceAPI.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using BeWo.Data.Access;
 using BeWo.Data.Entities;
+using BeWo.Service.Core;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -53,23 +54,23 @@ namespace BeWo.Service.ServiceUtils.DistanceCalculator
         {
             var appSettings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiUrl"]))
+			Url = appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiUrl"];
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Url))
             {
                 throw new Exception("OpenrouteServiceApiUrl is not set in AppSettings.");
             }
-            Url = appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiUrl"];
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiKey"]))
+            Key = MergedConfig.GetSecretSetting("OpenrouteServiceApiKey");
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Key))
             {
                 throw new Exception("OpenrouteServiceApiKey is not set in AppSettings.");
             }
-            Key = appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiKey"];
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiUrlGeocode"]))
+			GeoKey = appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiUrlGeocode"];
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(GeoKey))
             {
                 throw new Exception("OpenrouteServiceApiUrlGeocode is not set in AppSettings.");
-            }
-            GeoKey = appSettings["OpenrouteServiceApiUrlGeocode"];
+			}			
         }
 
         public void RequestMissingData(ref AddressRouteMatrix matrix, IEnumerable<Address> origins, IEnumerable<Address> destinations)