diff --git a/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs b/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs
index 77b1968..f430d4e 100644
--- a/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs
+++ b/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using LiteCharms.Features.Api.Sdk;
 using LiteCharms.Features.Postgres;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 
 namespace LiteCharms.Features.Extensions;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ public static class Api
 
     public static IServiceCollection AddLiteCharmsWebSecurity(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
+        var certificate = X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(Convert.FromBase64String(configuration["DataProtection:Certificate"]!), configuration["DataProtection:Password"]);
+
         services.AddDataProtection().PersistKeysToDbContext<DataProtectionDbContext>()
+            .ProtectKeysWithCertificate(certificate)
             .SetApplicationName("LiteCharmsApp");
 
         var configSection = configuration.GetSection(nameof(LiteCharmsSettings));
diff --git a/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Postgres.cs b/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Postgres.cs
index 8defd2c..ed2fd6c 100644
--- a/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Postgres.cs
+++ b/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Postgres.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public static class Postgres
 
     public static IServiceCollection AddDataProtectionDatabase(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        var connectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString(DataProtectionDbConfigName);
+        var connectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString(DataProtectionDbConfigName);        
 
         services.AddPooledDbContextFactory<DataProtectionDbContext>(options =>
             options.UseNpgsql(connectionString));