diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Builds.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Builds.kt
index 5425f4c..ad9af1e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Builds.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Builds.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package de.joshavg
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.inject.ConfigProperty
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Paths
@@ -12,24 +14,38 @@ import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped
 data class BuildConfig(val exec: String,
                        val user: String,
                        val dir: String,
-                       val key: String? = null) {
-    fun asPublic() = copy(key = null)
+                       val key: String,
+                       val env: Map<String, String>) {
+    fun asPublic() = copy(key = "")
 }
 
 @ApplicationScoped
 class Builds(@ConfigProperty(name = "ALFRED_HOME")
-             val home: String) {
+             private val home: String) {
+
+    private val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this::class.java)
+
+    init {
+        logger.info("ALFRED_HOME is $home")
+    }
 
     fun buildConfig(build: String): BuildConfig {
         val path = Paths.get(home, "builds", "$build.properties")
         val props = Properties()
         props.load(path.toFile().inputStream())
 
+        val env = props
+            .entries
+            .filter { it.key.toString() == it.key.toString().toUpperCase() }
+            .map { Pair(it.key.toString(), it.value.toString()) }
+            .toMap()
+
         return BuildConfig(
             exec = props.getProperty("exec"),
             user = props.getProperty("user"),
             dir = props.getProperty("dir"),
-            key = props.getProperty("key"))
+            key = props.getProperty("key") ?: "",
+            env = env)
     }
 
     fun createLogFile(build: String): File {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/BuildsEndpoint.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/BuildsEndpoint.kt
index 15f3b44..bee047a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/BuildsEndpoint.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/BuildsEndpoint.kt
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ class BuildsEndpoint(
             logger.info("preparing process for build $build with config ${config.asPublic()}")
             logger.info("log file: $logFile")
 
-            val builder = ProcessBuilder(config.exec)
+            val pid = ProcessBuilder(config.exec)
                 .directory(File(config.dir))
                 .redirectOutput(logFile)
                 .redirectError(logFile)
-            val process = builder.start()
-            val pid = process.toHandle().pid()
+                .apply {
+                    environment().putAll(config.env)
+                    environment()["ALFRED_LOG_FILE"] = logFile.absolutePath
+                }
+                .start()
+                .toHandle()
+                .pid()
 
             logger.info("pid for build $build is: $pid")
         }.start()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/ExampleResource.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/ExampleResource.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d7ff6..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/ExampleResource.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package de.joshavg
-
-import javax.ws.rs.GET
-import javax.ws.rs.Path
-import javax.ws.rs.Produces
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType
-
-@Path("/hello")
-class ExampleResource {
-
-    @GET
-    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
-    fun hello() = "hello"
-}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Security.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Security.kt
index 17469cd..9faa97f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Security.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/joshavg/Security.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Security(@Inject
 
     fun requireKey(build: String, key: String?, block: (BuildConfig) -> Any): Response {
         val buildConfig = builds.buildConfig(build)
-        if (buildConfig.key != key) {
+        if (buildConfig.key != "" && buildConfig.key != key) {
             return Response.status(Response.Status.UNAUTHORIZED).build()
         }