diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6d667da..9aad4a2 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-API_KEY=my-super-secret-key-123
+# Generate your own strong key, for example:
+# python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))"
+API_KEY=xe7qa_dWQm_q-bGPC4UMbvYiKPDMp5d_8Y_VPw3BrxQ