diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dc642a..b284521 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ You can use **environment variables** instead. For example:
 export BEACON_EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD="your-password"
 ```
 
+For password, you can instead provide a file containing the password.
+```sh
+export BEACON_EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD_FILE="/path/to/password-file"
+```
+
 ### Configuration sources
 
 Beacon supports multiple configuration sources, with the following priority (highest to lowest):
diff --git a/conf/config.go b/conf/config.go
index d6ff443..1ad48eb 100644
--- a/conf/config.go
+++ b/conf/config.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/caarlos0/env/v11"
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import (
 const ENV_VAR_PREFIX = "BEACON_"
 
 type Secret struct {
-	value string
+	Value    string `env:""`
+	FromFile string `env:"_FILE,file"`
 }
 
 func (s Secret) String() string {
@@ -31,18 +32,23 @@ func (s Secret) GoString() string {
 }
 
 func (s *Secret) Get() string {
-	return s.value
+	if s.FromFile != "" {
+		// File contents tend to end with newline
+		return strings.TrimSpace(s.FromFile)
+	} else {
+		return s.Value
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *Secret) IsSet() bool {
-	return s.value != ""
+	return s.Value != "" || s.FromFile != ""
 }
 
 type EmailConfig struct {
 	SmtpServer   string `yaml:"smtp_server" env:"SMTP_SERVER"`
 	SmtpPort     int    `yaml:"smtp_port" env:"SMTP_PORT"`
 	SmtpUsername string `yaml:"smtp_username" env:"SMTP_USERNAME"`
-    SmtpPassword Secret `yaml:"smtp_password" env:"SMTP_PASSWORD"`
+	SmtpPassword Secret `yaml:"smtp_password" envPrefix:"SMTP_PASSWORD"`
 	SendTo       string `yaml:"send_to" env:"SEND_TO"`
 	Sender       string `yaml:"sender" env:"SENDER"`
 	Prefix       string `yaml:"prefix" env:"PREFIX"`
@@ -66,10 +72,14 @@ func (s *Secret) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 	if node.Kind != yaml.ScalarNode {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected scalar node got %s", node.Value)
 	}
-	s.value = node.Value
+	s.Value = node.Value
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s Secret) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	return "*****", nil
+}
+
 // TzLocation wraps a *time.Location so we can provide custom YAML unmarshalling.
 type TzLocation struct {
 	Location *time.Location
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Port            int           `yaml:"port" env:"PORT"`
 	SchedulerPeriod time.Duration `yaml:"scheduler_period" env:"SCHEDULER_PERIOD"`
 
-    EmailConf EmailConfig `yaml:"email" envPrefix:"EMAIL_"`
+	EmailConf EmailConfig `yaml:"email" envPrefix:"EMAIL_"`
 
 	Services ServicesList
 
@@ -216,11 +226,6 @@ func ConfigFromBytes(data []byte) (*Config, error) {
 	}
 	err = env.ParseWithOptions(config, env.Options{
 		Prefix: ENV_VAR_PREFIX,
-		FuncMap: map[reflect.Type]env.ParserFunc{
-			reflect.TypeOf(Secret{}): func(v string) (interface{}, error) {
-				return Secret{v}, nil
-			},
-		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/conf/config_test.go b/conf/config_test.go
index e6d6725..2e83c29 100644
--- a/conf/config_test.go
+++ b/conf/config_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ services:
 }
 
 func TestSecretPrint(t *testing.T) {
-	secret := Secret{"Greg"}
+	secret := Secret{"Greg", ""}
 	assert.Equal(t, secret.Get(), "Greg")
 	assert.NotContains(t, fmt.Sprint(secret), "Greg")
 	assert.NotContains(t, fmt.Sprint(&secret), "Greg")
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ prefix: "[test]"
 		"mail.smtp2go.com",
 		587,
 		"beacon",
-		Secret{"h4xor"},
+		Secret{"h4xor", ""},
 		"you@example.fake",
 		"noreply@example.fake",
 		"[test]",
@@ -160,3 +160,27 @@ func TestSecretFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "secr4t", conf.EmailConf.SmtpPassword.Get())
 
 }
+
+func TestSecretFromFile(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create the file
+	f, err := os.Create("secret-test.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = f.WriteString("foo\n")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Set both, file should have prio
+	err = os.Setenv("BEACON_EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD", "bar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = os.Setenv("BEACON_EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD_FILE", "secret-test.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	conf, err := ConfigFromBytes([]byte(""))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "foo", conf.EmailConf.SmtpPassword.Get())
+
+	// Cleanup
+	err = os.Unsetenv("BEACON_EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD_FILE")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = os.Remove("secret-test.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}