diff --git a/deployment/frontend/frontend.yaml b/deployment/frontend/frontend.yaml
index 2054d15..883ebe7 100644
--- a/deployment/frontend/frontend.yaml
+++ b/deployment/frontend/frontend.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ spec:
                             secretKeyRef:
                                 name: frontend-secret
                                 key: backendOAuthUrl
+                      - name: GITHUB_USER
+                        valueFrom:
+                            secretKeyRef:
+                                name: frontend-secret
+                                key: githubUser
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f8edc4b..3d85c40 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def validate_frontend_secret(secret: str):
         'frontendPath',
         'backendUrl',
         'backendOAuthUrl',
+        'githubUser'
     ]
 
     for key in required_keys: