diff --git a/server-ce/config/settings.js b/server-ce/config/settings.js
index 6cd043322b..2e56ed4fc1 100644
--- a/server-ce/config/settings.js
+++ b/server-ce/config/settings.js
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ const settings = {
       url: 'http://localhost:3054',
     },
     v1_history: {
-      url: 'http://localhost:3100/api',
+      url: process.env.V1_HISTORY_URL || 'http://localhost:3100/api',
       user: 'staging',
       pass: process.env.STAGING_PASSWORD,
     },
diff --git a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_regen_sharelatex_secrets.sh b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_regen_sharelatex_secrets.sh
index 3bc7d31f29..ec7e846c74 100755
--- a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_regen_sharelatex_secrets.sh
+++ b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_regen_sharelatex_secrets.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,31 @@ WEB_API_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/container_environment/WEB_API_PASSWORD
 STAGING_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/container_environment/STAGING_PASSWORD # HTTP auth for history-v1
 V1_HISTORY_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/container_environment/V1_HISTORY_PASSWORD
 CRYPTO_RANDOM_FILE=/etc/container_environment/CRYPTO_RANDOM
+OT_JWT_AUTH_KEY_FILE=/etc/container_environment/OT_JWT_AUTH_KEY
 
-if [ ! -f "$WEB_API_PASSWORD_FILE" ] || [ ! -f "$STAGING_PASSWORD_FILE" ] || [ ! -f "$CRYPTO_RANDOM_FILE" ]; then
+generate_secret () {
+  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut -b 2- | rev | tr -d '\n+/'
+}
 
+if [ ! -f "$WEB_API_PASSWORD_FILE" ] ||
+  [ ! -f "$STAGING_PASSWORD_FILE" ] ||
+  [ ! -f "$V1_HISTORY_PASSWORD_FILE" ] ||
+  [ ! -f "$CRYPTO_RANDOM_FILE" ] ||
+  [ ! -f "$OT_JWT_AUTH_KEY_FILE" ]
+then
     echo "generating random secrets"
 
-    SECRET=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut -b 2- | rev | tr -d '\n+/')
-    echo ${SECRET} > ${WEB_API_PASSWORD_FILE}
+    SECRET=$(generate_secret)
+    echo "${SECRET}" > ${WEB_API_PASSWORD_FILE}
 
-    SECRET=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut -b 2- | rev | tr -d '\n+/')
-    echo ${SECRET} > ${STAGING_PASSWORD_FILE}
-    echo ${SECRET} > ${V1_HISTORY_PASSWORD_FILE}
+    SECRET=$(generate_secret)
+    echo "${SECRET}" > ${STAGING_PASSWORD_FILE}
+    echo "${SECRET}" > ${V1_HISTORY_PASSWORD_FILE}
 
-    SECRET=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut -b 2- | rev | tr -d '\n+/')
-    echo ${SECRET} > ${CRYPTO_RANDOM_FILE}
+    SECRET=$(generate_secret)
+    echo "${SECRET}" > ${CRYPTO_RANDOM_FILE}
+
+    SECRET=$(generate_secret)
+    echo "${SECRET}" > ${OT_JWT_AUTH_KEY_FILE}
 fi