diff --git a/eks_automation/app.py b/eks_automation/app.py
index 913d25e..ff13d97 100644
--- a/eks_automation/app.py
+++ b/eks_automation/app.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 logger.setLevel("INFO")  # Set to "ERROR" to reduce logging messages.
 
+# Get environment variables
+SECRET_NAME = os.environ["SECRET_NAME"]
+
 class GitHubClient:
     """A class to interact with GitHub API without relying on external Git binaries.
     
diff --git a/varfiles/default.json b/varfiles/default.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e26dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varfiles/default.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/varfiles/default.tfvars b/varfiles/default.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29