diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index c5bac30e..ab8afbf9 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -107,9 +107,19 @@ android {
 
         release {
             storeFile file("../../schnappix-upload-key.keystore")
-            storePassword "#O0he7k00O0he7k00!"
+            def localProperties = new Properties()
+            def localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file("local.properties")
+            if (!localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
+                localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file("../local.properties")
+            }
+            if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
+                localPropertiesFile.withReader('UTF-8') { reader ->
+                    localProperties.load(reader)
+                }
+            }
+            storePassword localProperties.getProperty("RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD") ?: System.getenv("RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD") ?: ""
             keyAlias "schnappix-alias"
-            keyPassword "#O0he7k00O0he7k00!"
+            keyPassword localProperties.getProperty("RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD") ?: System.getenv("RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD") ?: ""
         }
       
     }
diff --git a/withAndroidSigning.js b/withAndroidSigning.js
index 2d37c3db..4cf1aaa5 100644
--- a/withAndroidSigning.js
+++ b/withAndroidSigning.js
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ module.exports = function withAndroidSigning(config) {
       const signingConfig = `
         release {
             storeFile file("../../schnappix-upload-key.keystore")
-            storePassword "#O0he7k00O0he7k00!"
+            def localProperties = new Properties()
+            def localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file("local.properties")
+            if (!localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
+                localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file("../local.properties")
+            }
+            if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
+                localPropertiesFile.withReader('UTF-8') { reader ->
+                    localProperties.load(reader)
+                }
+            }
+            storePassword localProperties.getProperty("RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD") ?: System.getenv("RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD") ?: ""
             keyAlias "schnappix-alias"
-            keyPassword "#O0he7k00O0he7k00!"
+            keyPassword localProperties.getProperty("RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD") ?: System.getenv("RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD") ?: ""
         }
       `;