diff --git a/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile b/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile
index 5974c69..3d90fd7 100644
--- a/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ckan/2.7/Dockerfile
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ RUN pip install -e /srv/app/src/ckan && \
 # Remove wheels
 RUN rm -rf /srv/app/wheels /srv/app/ext_wheels
 
+# Install python2 secrets for generating sessions
+RUN pip install python2-secrets 
+
 # Copy necessary scripts
 COPY setup/app ${APP_DIR}
 
diff --git a/images/ckan/2.7/setup/app/start_ckan.sh b/images/ckan/2.7/setup/app/start_ckan.sh
index 0ddca0d..5486656 100755
--- a/images/ckan/2.7/setup/app/start_ckan.sh
+++ b/images/ckan/2.7/setup/app/start_ckan.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [[ -z $BEAKER_SESSION_SECRET || -v $BEAKER_SESSION_SECRET ]];then
   echo "Not all environment variables are set. Generating sessions..."
 else
   echo "Setting session secrets from environment variables"
-  paster --plugin=ckan $APP_DIR/production.ini "beaker.session.secret=$BEAKER_SESSION_SECRET"
+  paster --plugin=ckan config-tool $APP_DIR/production.ini "beaker.session.secret=$BEAKER_SESSION_SECRET"
 fi
 
 if grep -E "beaker.session.secret ?= ?$" $APP_DIR/production.ini
diff --git a/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile b/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile
index ea24952..3588a75 100644
--- a/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ckan/2.8/Dockerfile
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ RUN pip install -e /srv/app/src/ckan && \
 # Remove wheels
 RUN rm -rf /srv/app/wheels /srv/app/ext_wheels
 
+# Install python2 secrets for generating sessions
+RUN pip install python2-secrets 
+
 # Copy necessary scripts
 COPY setup/app ${APP_DIR}