diff --git a/ai.py b/ai.py
index 36dcf0a..6e1ed26 100644
--- a/ai.py
+++ b/ai.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class colors:
 # Configuration
 CONFIG_FILE = "wormgpt_config.json"
 PROMPT_FILE = "system-prompt.txt"  # 🧩 Local system prompt file
-DEFAULT_API_KEY = ""
+DEFAULT_API_KEY = "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"
 DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
 DEFAULT_MODEL = "deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free"
 SITE_URL = "https://github.com/00x0kafyy/worm-ai"