diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index ebd4be19..b7f67f50 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ARG DB_NAME
 ARG DB_USERNAME
 ARG DB_PASSWORD
 ARG JWT_SECRET
+ARG JWT_EXPIRES_IN
 
 ENV DB_HOST $DB_HOST
 ENV DB_PORT $DB_PORT
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ ENV DB_NAME $DB_NAME
 ENV DB_USERNAME $DB_USERNAME
 ENV DB_PASSWORD $DB_PASSWORD
 ENV JWT_SECRET $JWT_SECRET
+ENV JWT_EXPIRES_IN $JWT_EXPIRES_IN
 
 
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/infrastructure/main.tf b/infrastructure/main.tf
index 1a5eefb4..dc766353 100644
--- a/infrastructure/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/main.tf
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ module "dev" {
   repo_name                                     = var.project_name
   github_owner                                  = var.github_owner
   github_token                                  = var.github_token
+  github_additional_environment_variables = {
+    JWT_EXPIRES_IN = "1d"
+  }
 }
 
 module "github" {