diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2e598028..b7b58d3ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ dist
 .env
 
 config.json
-secrets.json
\ No newline at end of file
+secrets.json
+secrets.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0c9bbdd11..73340e361 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1275,6 +1275,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sysinfo",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
  "tower",
  "types",
 ]
@@ -2271,6 +2272,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d82e1a7758622a465f8cee077614c73484dac5b836c02ff6a40d5d1010324d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
diff --git a/lib/types/src/lib.rs b/lib/types/src/lib.rs
index edcc6c572..ef329dcf2 100644
--- a/lib/types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/types/src/lib.rs
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ fn default_core_mongo_db_name() -> String {
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "UPPERCASE")]
 pub struct PeripherySecrets {
     pub passkey: String,
     #[serde(default)]
diff --git a/periphery/Cargo.toml b/periphery/Cargo.toml
index fe2157fcd..66678b5f9 100644
--- a/periphery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/periphery/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 bollard = "0.13"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 envy = "0.4"
-sysinfo = "0.26.7"
\ No newline at end of file
+sysinfo = "0.26.7"
+toml = "0.5"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/periphery/src/config.rs b/periphery/src/config.rs
index 96327c17d..4eec89ce2 100644
--- a/periphery/src/config.rs
+++ b/periphery/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::{fs::File, io::Read};
 
 use dotenv::dotenv;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ struct Env {
 pub fn load() -> (u16, PeripherySecrets) {
     dotenv().ok();
     let env: Env = envy::from_env().expect("failed to parse env");
-    let secrets_file = File::open(&env.secrets_path).expect("failed to find secrets");
-    let secrets: PeripherySecrets =
-        serde_json::from_reader(secrets_file).expect("failed to parse secrets file");
+    let secrets = read_secrets(&env.secrets_path);
     (env.port, secrets)
 }
 
@@ -26,5 +24,18 @@ fn default_port() -> u16 {
 }
 
 fn default_secrets_path() -> String {
-    "/secrets/secrets.json".to_string()
+    "/secrets/secrets.toml".to_string()
 }
+
+fn read_secrets(secrets_path: &str) -> PeripherySecrets {
+    let mut secrets_file = File::open(&secrets_path).expect("failed to find secrets");
+    if secrets_path.ends_with("toml") {
+        let mut contents = String::new();
+        secrets_file.read_to_string(&mut contents);
+        toml::from_str(&contents).expect("failed to parse secrets toml") 
+    } else if secrets_path.ends_with("json") {
+        serde_json::from_reader(secrets_file).expect("failed to parse secrets json")
+    } else {
+        panic!("unsupported secrets file type: {}", secrets_path)
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file