diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90df1cf..038808e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.26" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.11"
 rust-bitvmx-storage-backend = { git = "https://github.com/FairgateLabs/rust-bitvmx-storage-backend.git", optional = true, tag = "v0.5.1" }
+bitvmx-settings = { git = "https://github.com/FairgateLabs/rust-bitvmx-settings.git", tag = "v0.5.1" }
 tokio-rustls = "0.26.2"
 tokio-util = "0.7.14"
 rustls = "0.23.29"
diff --git a/examples/server.rs b/examples/server.rs
index e904c32..042203d 100644
--- a/examples/server.rs
+++ b/examples/server.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use std::{
-    fs,
     net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr},
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ use std::{
 
 #[cfg(feature = "storagebackend")]
 use bitvmx_broker::broker_storage;
+use bitvmx_settings::settings;
 #[cfg(feature = "storagebackend")]
 use broker_storage::BrokerStorage;
 #[cfg(feature = "storagebackend")]
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ fn wait_ctrl() {
 fn main() {
     init_tracing().unwrap();
     let flags = Flags::parse();
-    let privk = fs::read_to_string("certs/services.key").expect("Failed to read private key file");
-    let cert = Cert::new_with_privk(&privk).unwrap();
+    let privk = settings::decrypt_or_read_file("certs/services.key")
+        .expect("Failed to read private key file");
+    let cert = Cert::new_with_privk(privk.as_str()).unwrap();
     let allow_list =
         AllowList::from_certs(vec![cert.clone()], vec![IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST)]).unwrap();
     let routing = RoutingTable::new();
diff --git a/src/channel/queue_channel.rs b/src/channel/queue_channel.rs
index 580078b..0e61468 100644
--- a/src/channel/queue_channel.rs
+++ b/src/channel/queue_channel.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 
+use bitvmx_settings::settings;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use storage_backend::{
     storage::{KeyValueStore, Storage},
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ impl QueueChannel {
     ) -> Result<Self, BrokerError> {
         let allow_list = AllowList::from_file(allow_list)?;
         let routing_table = RoutingTable::from_file(routing_table)?;
-        let privk = std::fs::read_to_string(privk)?;
+        let privk = settings::decrypt_or_read_file(privk)?;
         Self::new(
             name,
             address,
diff --git a/src/rpc/errors.rs b/src/rpc/errors.rs
index a09d5e4..efa2e8a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/errors.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/errors.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::settings::MAX_MSG_SIZE_KB;
 use crate::{channel::retry_helper::RetryPolicyError, identification};
+use bitvmx_settings::errors::ConfigError;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard, PoisonError};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ pub enum BrokerError {
 
     #[error("Other error: {0}")]
     Other(String),
+
+    #[error("Setting file error: {0}")]
+    Settings(#[from] ConfigError),
 }
 
 impl<T> From<PoisonError<T>> for BrokerError {
diff --git a/src/rpc/tls_helper.rs b/src/rpc/tls_helper.rs
index 95c561c..f5124d1 100644
--- a/src/rpc/tls_helper.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/tls_helper.rs
@@ -86,17 +86,9 @@ impl Cert {
     }
     pub fn from_key_file(key_path: &str) -> Result<Self, BrokerError> {
         let key_pem = std::fs::read_to_string(key_path)?;
-        let cert = Self::create_cert(Some(&key_pem))?;
-        let (generated_key_pem, cert_pem, spki_der, ca_der) = Self::get_vars(&cert, CA_KEY)?;
-        let pubk_hash = Self::pubk_hash_from_der(&spki_der)?;
-        Ok(Self {
-            key_pem: generated_key_pem,
-            cert_pem,
-            spki_der,
-            ca_der,
-            pubk_hash,
-        })
+        Self::new_with_privk(&key_pem)
     }
+
     pub fn from_file(path: &str, name: &str) -> Result<Self, BrokerError> {
         let cert_path = format!("{path}/{name}.pem");
         let key_path = format!("{path}/{name}.key");
@@ -253,12 +245,6 @@ impl Cert {
         let fingerprint = digest(&SHA256, spki);
         Ok(hex::encode(fingerprint.as_ref()))
     }
-
-    pub fn get_pubk_hash_from_privk(privk: &str) -> Result<String, BrokerError> {
-        let cert = Cert::new_with_privk(privk)?;
-        let fingerprint = cert.get_pubk_hash()?;
-        Ok(fingerprint)
-    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]