diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 245bab2d..893d88ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ rebel.xml
 build/
 bin/
 .DS_Store
+googleservicekey.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/application-devcontainer.yml b/config/application-devcontainer.yml
index b8cf147b..cf5e847c 100644
--- a/config/application-devcontainer.yml
+++ b/config/application-devcontainer.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ links:
   passes: https://ch.tudelft.nl/passes
 
 googleWallet:
+  serviceKeyPath: ./googleservicekey.json
   issuerId: 3388000000022297569
   origin: http://localhost:8080
   baseUrl: https://ch.tudelft.nl/events
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/application-test.yml b/config/application-test.yml
index 5b455e12..dd37e9b3 100644
--- a/config/application-test.yml
+++ b/config/application-test.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ links:
   passes: passes
 
 googleWallet:
+  serviceKeyPath: ./googleservicekey.json
   issuerId: 3388000000022297569
   origin: https://ch.tudelft.nl/events
   baseUrl: https://ch.tudelft.nl/events
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/application.yml.example b/config/application.yml.example
index 8cdc9304..5cf9b6cd 100644
--- a/config/application.yml.example
+++ b/config/application.yml.example
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ links:
   passes: https://ch.tudelft.nl/passes
 
 googleWallet:
+  serviceKeyPath: ./googleservicekey.json
   issuerId: 3388000000022297569
   origin: https://ch.tudelft.nl/events
   baseUrl: https://ch.tudelft.nl/events
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/wisv/events/core/service/googlewallet/GoogleWalletServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/wisv/events/core/service/googlewallet/GoogleWalletServiceImpl.java
index 6a54b317..23770aa5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/wisv/events/core/service/googlewallet/GoogleWalletServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/wisv/events/core/service/googlewallet/GoogleWalletServiceImpl.java
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 import com.auth0.jwt.JWT;
 import com.auth0.jwt.algorithms.Algorithm;
-import com.google.api.services.walletobjects.WalletobjectsScopes;
 import com.google.api.services.walletobjects.model.*;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.ServiceAccountCredentials;
 
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public class GoogleWalletServiceImpl implements GoogleWalletService {
     /** Service account credentials for Google Wallet APIs. */
     public static ServiceAccountCredentials credentials;
 
+    @Value("${googleWallet.serviceKeyPath}")
+    @NotNull
+    private String serviceKeyPath;
+
     @Value("${googleWallet.issuerId}")
     @NotNull
     private String issuerId;
@@ -57,12 +61,10 @@ public class GoogleWalletServiceImpl implements GoogleWalletService {
     public String getPass(Ticket ticket) throws TicketPassFailedException {
         if (credentials == null) {
             try {
-                credentials = (ServiceAccountCredentials) ServiceAccountCredentials
-                        .getApplicationDefault()
-                        .createScoped(List.of(WalletobjectsScopes.WALLET_OBJECT_ISSUER));
-                credentials.refresh();
+                credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.fromStream(new FileInputStream(this.serviceKeyPath));
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                System.out.println("WARN: Failed to authenticate with Google");
+                System.out.println("WARN: Failed to parse service account");
+                System.out.println(e);
                 return "https://pay.google.com/gp/v/save/FAILED";
             }
         }