diff --git a/server/api/google-wallet.ts b/server/api/google-wallet.ts
index e0862940e046782c3dac2f90dc8a3d8f9a1fc466..8d71b2a52195b8ebbcc8e7ac6a29496dae729f9d 100644
--- a/server/api/google-wallet.ts
+++ b/server/api/google-wallet.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+
 import { GoogleAuth } from 'google-auth-library';
 import { defineEventHandler, readBody } from 'h3';
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
@@ -8,7 +10,13 @@ const classId = `${issuerId}.codelab_class`;
 const init = () => {
   const config = useRuntimeConfig();
 
-  const credentials = config.googleApplicationCredentialsJson;
+  const credentialsPath = config.googleApplicationCredentialsJson;
+
+  if (typeof credentialsPath !== 'string' || !credentialsPath)
+    throw new Error('Missing Google Application Credentials path');
+
+  const credentialsFile = readFileSync(credentialsPath, 'utf-8');
+  const credentials = JSON.parse(credentialsFile);
 
   if (typeof credentials !== 'object')
     throw new Error('Invalid Google Application Credentials');
diff --git a/src/components/wallet/AddToGoogleWallet.vue b/src/components/wallet/AddToGoogleWallet.vue
index 44355b57e90710877e027d2843b0288b634444d1..efcd80cc9d5f0ad8216663a1a1cf51d9cc278c64 100644
--- a/src/components/wallet/AddToGoogleWallet.vue
+++ b/src/components/wallet/AddToGoogleWallet.vue
@@ -16,22 +16,19 @@ const addToGoogleWallet = async () => {
   try {
     const { operationalKey, name } = await tokensStore.getCurrentUserMetadata();
     const baseUrl = window.location.origin;
-    const res = await fetch('/api/google-wallet', {
+    const data = await $fetch<{ url?: string; error?: string; message?: string }>('/api/google-wallet', {
       method: 'POST',
-
-      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
+      body: {
         operationalPublicKey: operationalKey,
         displayName: name || 'User',
         baseUrl
-      })
+      }
     });
-    const data = await res.text();
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(data);
-    if (parsed.url && !parsed.error)
-      window.open(parsed.url, '_blank');
+
+    if (data.url && !data.error)
+      window.open(data.url, '_blank');
     else
-      toastError('Failed to generate Google Wallet pass', new Error(parsed.message || data, { cause: parsed }));
+      toastError('Failed to generate Google Wallet pass', new Error(data.message || JSON.stringify(data), { cause: data }));
   } catch (error) {
     toastError('Error generating Google Wallet pass', error);
   } finally {