diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 87d8c28..bf77986 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN=
 TEST_API_KEY= # use if you've set up authentication and want to test with a real API key
 SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY= #Set if you'd like to use scraping Be to handle JS blocking
 OPENAI_API_KEY= # add for LLM dependednt features (image alt generation, etc.)
-BULL_AUTH_KEY= #
+BULL_AUTH_KEY= @
 LOGTAIL_KEY= # Use if you're configuring basic logging with logtail
 PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=  # set if you'd like to run a playwright fallback
 LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY= #Set if you have a llamaparse key you'd like to use to parse pdfs
diff --git a/apps/api/.env.example b/apps/api/.env.example
index 7934903..463a40f 100644
--- a/apps/api/.env.example
+++ b/apps/api/.env.example
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RATE_LIMIT_TEST_API_KEY_SCRAPE= # set if you'd like to test the scraping rate li
 RATE_LIMIT_TEST_API_KEY_CRAWL= # set if you'd like to test the crawling rate limit
 SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY= #Set if you'd like to use scraping Be to handle JS blocking
 OPENAI_API_KEY= # add for LLM dependednt features (image alt generation, etc.)
-BULL_AUTH_KEY= #
+BULL_AUTH_KEY= @
 LOGTAIL_KEY= # Use if you're configuring basic logging with logtail
 LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY= #Set if you have a llamaparse key you'd like to use to parse pdfs
 SERPER_API_KEY= #Set if you have a serper key you'd like to use as a search api