diff --git a/src/handlers/user.ts b/src/handlers/user.ts
index 5067aa098549171dae57f177377029ba8f00d1b9..dc3e05f07f209e9c074cccb6f7685af056c02785 100644
--- a/src/handlers/user.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/user.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export default class User{
         }
 
           // criar chave secreta para assinar e validar tokens, guardar no .env
-        const jwtSecret = process.env["JWT_SECRET"];
+        const jwtSecret = process.env["APP_SECRET"];
         if (!jwtSecret) {
           return res.status(500).json({ error: "Chave secreta do JWT não configurada" });
         }