diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6d5743..f833039 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "@nestjs/platform-socket.io": "^10.2.3",
     "@nestjs/swagger": "^7.1.10",
     "@nestjs/websockets": "^10.2.3",
-    "@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk": "0.18.0-development.6",
+    "@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk": "0.18.0-development.9",
     "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
     "class-validator": "^0.14.0",
     "hcaptcha": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index befef74..fb698b4 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@ if (process.env.BLOCKCHAIN_URL) {
 if (env !== 'test') console.log('settings', settings);
 
 settings.secrets = {
-  createAccountPrivateKey: EosioUtil.defaultAntelopePrivateKey.toString(),
+  createAccountPrivateKey:
+    'PVT_K1_24kG9VcMk3VkkgY4hh42X262AWV18YcPjBTd2Hox4YWoP8vRTU',
   hCaptchaSecret: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
 };
 
-if (process.env.CREATE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY) {
-  console.log('Using CREATE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY from env');
-  settings.secrets.createAccountPrivateKey =
-    process.env.CREATE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY;
-}
-
 if (process.env.HCAPTCHA_SECRET) {
   console.log('Using HCAPTCHA_SECRET from env');
   settings.secrets.hCaptchaSecret = process.env.HCAPTCHA_SECRET;
 }
 
+if (process.env.TONOMY_OPS_PRIVATE_KEY) {
+  console.log('Using TONOMY_OPS_PRIVATE_KEY from env');
+  settings.secrets.createAccountPrivateKey = process.env.TONOMY_OPS_PRIVATE_KEY;
+}
+
 export default settings;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 10c0366..a12d26b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1576,9 +1576,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk@npm:0.18.0-development.6":
-  version: 0.18.0-development.6
-  resolution: "@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk@npm:0.18.0-development.6"
+"@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk@npm:0.18.0-development.9":
+  version: 0.18.0-development.9
+  resolution: "@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk@npm:0.18.0-development.9"
   dependencies:
     "@consento/sync-randombytes": ^1.0.5
     "@tonomy/antelope-did": ^0.1.5
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ __metadata:
     elliptic: ^6.5.4
     socket.io-client: ^4.5.4
     universal-base64url: ^1.1.0
-  checksum: 74634a4bf03432b74723881c8bcdbdd90bd9c03b9911eed9062a137b1f5b250c4279d6b01db2ae5863dede8f7652b6b8f5ef78ba758e70323b94cf9efa81706c
+  checksum: 0b91872a21c323940ce6037f3b29efcfd1efbb83a522d54370f7b48544ad492352589ebfcb72a61438873d4f79a166ab5552168b117ce4a1e658963559096dd1
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -7713,7 +7713,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@nestjs/swagger": ^7.1.10
     "@nestjs/testing": ^10.2.3
     "@nestjs/websockets": ^10.2.3
-    "@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk": 0.18.0-development.6
+    "@tonomy/tonomy-id-sdk": 0.18.0-development.9
     "@types/express": ^4.17.13
     "@types/jest": 29.2.4
     "@types/node": 18.11.18