diff --git a/apps/mealie/docker-compose.yml b/apps/mealie/docker-compose.yml
index 1ff4f90..f3ba7b1 100644
--- a/apps/mealie/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/apps/mealie/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_SERVER: mealie-postgres
       POSTGRES_DB: mealie
       POSTGRES_USER: mealie
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${MEALIE_DB_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/postgres_password
 
       BASE_URL: https://mealie.kaleschke.info
 
     volumes:
       - /mnt/user/appdata/mealie/data:/app/data
+      - /mnt/user/appdata/secrets/mealie_postgres_password.txt:/run/secrets/postgres_password:ro
 
     networks:
       - frontend_net
@@ -46,11 +47,12 @@ services:
       TZ: Europe/Berlin
       POSTGRES_USER: mealie
       POSTGRES_DB: mealie
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${MEALIE_DB_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/postgres_password
       PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data
 
     volumes:
       - /mnt/user/appdata/mealie/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - /mnt/user/appdata/secrets/mealie_postgres_password.txt:/run/secrets/postgres_password:ro
 
     networks:
       - mealie_internal