diff --git a/src/backend/people/settings.py b/src/backend/people/settings.py
index 722d542..836405e 100755
--- a/src/backend/people/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/people/settings.py
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ class Development(Base):
         }
     )
 
+    # this is a dev credentials for mail provisioning API
+    MAIL_PROVISIONING_API_CREDENTIALS = "bGFfcmVnaWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ="
+
     def __init__(self):
         """In dev, force installs needed for Swagger API."""
         # pylint: disable=invalid-name