diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1d65b16..05e6f48 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ COPY --from=javabuild /app/build/libs/irma_email_issuer.war /usr/local/tomee/web
 COPY ./src/main/resources/email-en.html /email-templates/email-en.html
 COPY ./src/main/resources/email-nl.html /email-templates/email-nl.html
 
+RUN mkdir /usr/local/keys
+
 ENV IRMA_CONF="/config/"
 ENV EMAIL_TEMPLATE_DIR="/email-templates/"
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 # Copy the config file to the webapp. This is done at runtime so that the config file can be mounted as a volume.
-CMD [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "for lang in 'en' 'nl'; do cp /config/config.js /usr/local/tomee/webapps/ROOT/$lang/assets/config.js; done && exec catalina.sh run" ]
+CMD [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "openssl rsa -in /irma-jwt-key/priv.pem -outform der -out /usr/local/keys/priv.der && for lang in 'en' 'nl'; do cp /config/config.js /usr/local/tomee/webapps/ROOT/$lang/assets/config.js; done && exec catalina.sh run" ]