diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index 1389b0f..1f814b7 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ RUN npm ci
 
 COPY . .
 
-RUN echo "CONTAINER DEBUG: WEBMENTION_TOKEN length=${#WEBMENTION_TOKEN}"
-
-RUN node -e "console.log('NODE sees WEBMENTION_TOKEN length:', (process.env.WEBMENTION_TOKEN || '').length)"
+RUN printf '%s' "${WEBMENTION_TOKEN}" > /app/.webmention-token
 
 RUN npm run build
 
diff --git a/astro.config.mjs b/astro.config.mjs
index 25fb9a9..d0c8b4b 100644
--- a/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/astro.config.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import mdx from '@astrojs/mdx';
 import sitemap from '@astrojs/sitemap';
-import { defineConfig, envField, fontProviders } from 'astro/config';
+import { defineConfig, fontProviders } from 'astro/config';
 
 import node from '@astrojs/node';
 
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ import node from '@astrojs/node';
 export default defineConfig({
   site: 'https://adrian-altner.de',
 
-  env: {
-    schema: {
-      WEBMENTION_TOKEN: envField.string({
-        context: 'server',
-        access: 'secret',
-        optional: true,
-      }),
-    },
-  },
-
   devToolbar: {
       enabled: false,
 	},
diff --git a/src/components/Webmentions.astro b/src/components/Webmentions.astro
index cf3c08a..eb4dcde 100644
--- a/src/components/Webmentions.astro
+++ b/src/components/Webmentions.astro
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 ---
-import { WEBMENTION_TOKEN } from 'astro:env/server';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { DEFAULT_LOCALE, type Locale } from '~/consts';
 import { getLocaleFromUrl, t } from '~/i18n/ui';
 
+function readTokenFromFile(): string | undefined {
+	const paths = ['/app/.webmention-token', '.webmention-token'];
+	for (const p of paths) {
+		try {
+			const raw = readFileSync(p, 'utf-8').trim();
+			if (raw) return raw;
+		} catch {
+			// file not present, try next
+		}
+	}
+	return undefined;
+}
+
+const FILE_TOKEN = readTokenFromFile();
+const WEBMENTION_TOKEN = FILE_TOKEN ?? (import.meta.env as Record<string, string | undefined>).WEBMENTION_TOKEN;
+
 interface WMAuthor {
 	name?: string;
 	url?: string;