diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
index c6d9edb2..639e7cf4 100644
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ cython_debug/
 transcript_*.txt
 test_*.txt
 wordcloud*.png
-utils/config.ini
+utils/secrets.ini
 test_samples/
 *.wav
 *.mp3
diff --git a/server/server.py b/server/server.py
index f5ac945f..b8154fbd 100644
--- a/server/server.py
+++ b/server/server.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from sortedcontainers import SortedDict
 from reflector_dataclasses import BlackListedMessages, FinalSummaryResult, ParseLLMResult, TitleSummaryInput, \
     TitleSummaryOutput, TranscriptionInput, TranscriptionOutput
 from utils.log_utils import LOGGER
-from utils.run_utils import CONFIG, run_in_executor
+from utils.run_utils import CONFIG, run_in_executor, SECRETS
 
 # WebRTC components
 pcs = set()
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ transcription_text = ""
 last_transcribed_time = 0.0
 
 # LLM
-LLM_MACHINE_IP = CONFIG["LLM"]["LLM_MACHINE_IP"]
-LLM_MACHINE_PORT = CONFIG["LLM"]["LLM_MACHINE_PORT"]
+LLM_MACHINE_IP = SECRETS["LLM"]["LLM_MACHINE_IP"]
+LLM_MACHINE_PORT = SECRETS["LLM"]["LLM_MACHINE_PORT"]
 LLM_URL = f"http://{LLM_MACHINE_IP}:{LLM_MACHINE_PORT}/api/v1/generate"
 
 # Topic and summary responses
diff --git a/server/utils/config.ini b/server/utils/config.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f8c1bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/config.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+#Set exception rule for OpenMP error
+#to allow duplicate lib initialization
+KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK = TRUE
+
+[WHISPER]
+#ExportWhisperModelSize
+WHISPER_MODEL_SIZE = tiny
+WHISPER_REAL_TIME_MODEL_SIZE = tiny
+
+[SUMMARIZER]
+#Summarizerconfig
+SUMMARY_MODEL = facebook/bart-large-cnn
+INPUT_ENCODING_MAX_LENGTH = 1024
+MAX_LENGTH = 2048
+BEAM_SIZE = 6
+MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH = 1024
+SUMMARIZE_USING_CHUNKS = YES
+
+[AUDIO]
+# Audiodevice
+BLACKHOLE_INPUT_AGGREGATOR_DEVICE_NAME = aggregator
+AV_FOUNDATION_DEVICE_ID = 1
+CHANNELS = 2
+SAMPLING_RATE = 48000
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diff --git a/server/utils/file_utils.py b/server/utils/file_utils.py
index 8b2f612b..9c85ebdc 100644
--- a/server/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/server/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import boto3
 import botocore
 
 from .log_utils import LOGGER
-from .run_utils import CONFIG
+from .run_utils import SECRETS
 
-BUCKET_NAME = CONFIG["AWS"]["BUCKET_NAME"]
+BUCKET_NAME = SECRETS["AWS-S3"]["BUCKET_NAME"]
 
 s3 = boto3.client('s3',
-                  aws_access_key_id=CONFIG["AWS"]["AWS_ACCESS_KEY"],
-                  aws_secret_access_key=CONFIG["AWS"]["AWS_SECRET_KEY"])
+                  aws_access_key_id=SECRETS["AWS-S3"]["AWS_ACCESS_KEY"],
+                  aws_secret_access_key=SECRETS["AWS-S3"]["AWS_SECRET_KEY"])
 
 
 def upload_files(files_to_upload: List[str]) -> NoReturn:
diff --git a/server/utils/run_utils.py b/server/utils/run_utils.py
index 6ea03103..4a3dba30 100644
--- a/server/utils/run_utils.py
+++ b/server/utils/run_utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ReflectorConfig:
     Create a single config object to share across the project
     """
     __config = None
+    __secrets = None
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_config():
@@ -27,8 +28,20 @@ class ReflectorConfig:
             ReflectorConfig.__config.read('utils/config.ini')
         return ReflectorConfig.__config
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_secrets():
+        """
+        Load the configurations from the local config.ini file
+        :return:
+        """
+        if ReflectorConfig.__secrets is None:
+            ReflectorConfig.__secrets = configparser.ConfigParser()
+            ReflectorConfig.__secrets.read('utils/secrets.ini')
+        return ReflectorConfig.__secrets
+
 
 CONFIG = ReflectorConfig.get_config()
+SECRETS = ReflectorConfig.get_secrets()
 
 
 def run_in_executor(func, *args, executor=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/server/utils/secrets.ini.example b/server/utils/secrets.ini.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..939227fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/secrets.ini.example
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[LLM]
+# LLM configs
+LLM_MACHINE_IP=
+LLM_MACHINE_PORT=
+
+[AWS-S3]
+#AWSconfig
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY=
+AWS_SECRET_KEY=
+BUCKET_NAME=reflector-bucket
+
+[OPENAI]
+#ExportOpenAIAPIKey
+OPENAI_APIKEY=
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