diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa724b77..85a246fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,15 @@
 .externalNativeBuild
 .cxx
 local.properties
+
+.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/deploymentTargetSelector.xml
+.idea/gradle.xml
+.idea/migrations.xml
+.idea/misc.xml
+.idea/runConfigurations.xml
+.idea/vcs.xml
+.idea/AugmentWebviewStateStore.xml
+.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
+.idea/studiobot.xml
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 1109f92d..bb9e3fad 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
+import com.android.build.api.variant.BuildConfigField
+import com.android.builder.compiling.BuildConfigType
+import java.io.FileInputStream
+import java.util.Properties
+
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
     alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.compose.compiler)
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.serialization)
 }
-
+val localProperties = Properties()
+val localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file("local.properties")
+if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
+    localProperties.load(FileInputStream(localPropertiesFile))
+}
 
 android {
     namespace = "com.plcoding.cryptotracker"
@@ -24,12 +33,18 @@ android {
     }
 
     buildTypes {
+        debug {
+            buildConfigField("String", "BASE_URL", "\"https://rest.coincap.io/v3/\"")
+            buildConfigField("String", "API_KEY", "\"${localProperties.getProperty("API_KEY","")}\"")
+        }
         release {
             isMinifyEnabled = false
             proguardFiles(
                 getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                 "proguard-rules.pro"
             )
+            buildConfigField("String", "BASE_URL", "\"https://rest.coincap.io/v3/\"")
+            buildConfigField("String", "API_KEY", "\"${localProperties.getProperty("API_KEY","")}\"")
         }
     }
     compileOptions {
@@ -71,4 +86,4 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.espresso.core)
     androidTestImplementation(platform(libs.androidx.compose.bom))
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.ui.test.junit4)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}