diff --git a/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/config/configurator b/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/config/configurator
index 325fdad..89c0c78 100644
--- a/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/config/configurator
+++ b/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/config/configurator
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config 'api'
 	option 'ipv6_address' 'fe80::201:2ff:fe03:405'
 	option 'timeout' '5'
 	option 'retry' '5'
+	option 'api_key' '1'
 
 config 'crawl'
 	option 'method' 'hash'
diff --git a/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/configurator.sh b/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/configurator.sh
index cb59ec1..0f771b1 100644
--- a/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/configurator.sh
+++ b/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/configurator.sh
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@ assign_router() {
         err "Failure on router_auto_assign: $errstr. Exiting"
         exit 0
 	elif [ "$ret" = "success" ]; then
-        update_hash=${ergebnis%;*}
+        update_hash=${ergebnis%;*;*}
         update_hash=${update_hash##*;}
+        api_key=${ergebnis##*;}
 		#write new config
 		uci set configurator.@crawl[0].router_id=$errstr
 		uci set configurator.@crawl[0].update_hash=$update_hash
-
+		uci set configurator.@api[0].api_key=$api_key
 		#set also new router id for nodewatcher
 		#uci set nodewatcher.@crawl[0].router_id=$errstr