diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/ArchiveRepositoryURLs.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/ArchiveRepositoryURLs.java
index f02861953..baa510346 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/ArchiveRepositoryURLs.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/ArchiveRepositoryURLs.java
@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@ public class ArchiveRepositoryURLs {
 		final Integer archiveThresholdInDays = Integer.parseInt(argumentParser.get("archiveThresholdInDays"));
 		log.info("archiveThresholdInDays: {}", archiveThresholdInDays);
 
+		final String apiAccessToken = argumentParser.get("apiAccessToken");
+		log.info("apiAccessToken: {}", apiAccessToken);
+
 		final HttpClientParams clientParams = SWHUtils.getClientParams(argumentParser);
 
-		swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams);
+		swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams, apiAccessToken);
 
 		final FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(getHadoopConfiguration(hdfsuri));
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/CollectLastVisitRepositoryData.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/CollectLastVisitRepositoryData.java
index ce1b0bb46..ebb9176ff 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/CollectLastVisitRepositoryData.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/CollectLastVisitRepositoryData.java
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ public class CollectLastVisitRepositoryData {
 		final String outputPath = argumentParser.get("lastVisitsPath");
 		log.info("outputPath: {}", outputPath);
 
+		final String apiAccessToken = argumentParser.get("apiAccessToken");
+		log.info("apiAccessToken: {}", apiAccessToken);
+
 		final HttpClientParams clientParams = SWHUtils.getClientParams(argumentParser);
 
-		swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams);
+		swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams, apiAccessToken);
 
 		final FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(getHadoopConfiguration(hdfsuri));
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConnection.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConnection.java
index 9c145fc19..80249e816 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConnection.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConnection.java
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ public class SWHConnection {
 
 	HttpConnector2 conn;
 
-	public SWHConnection(HttpClientParams clientParams) {
+	public SWHConnection(HttpClientParams clientParams, String accessToken) {
 
 		// set custom headers
 		Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>() {
 			{
 				put(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, "application/json");
-				put(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, String.format("Bearer %s", SWHConstants.ACCESS_TOKEN));
+				if (accessToken != null) {
+					put(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, String.format("Bearer %s", accessToken));
+				}
 			}
 		};
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConstants.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConstants.java
index efd0e708b..eae839cfd 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConstants.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/utils/SWHConstants.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ public class SWHConstants {
 
 	public static final String SWH_ARCHIVE_URL = "https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1/origin/save/%s/url/%s/";
 
-	public static final String ACCESS_TOKEN = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCIgOiAiSldUIiwia2lkIiA6ICJhMTMxYTQ1My1hM2IyLTQwMTUtODQ2Ny05MzAyZjk3MTFkOGEifQ.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.XHj1VIZu1dZ4Ej32-oU84mFmaox9cLNjXosNxwZM0Xs";
-
 	public static final String DEFAULT_VISIT_TYPE = "git";
 
 	public static final String VISIT_STATUS_NOT_FOUND = "not_found";
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_archive_repository_urls.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_archive_repository_urls.json
index ce80d6f4a..e8671f71b 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_archive_repository_urls.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_archive_repository_urls.json
@@ -46,5 +46,11 @@
     "paramLongName": "archiveThresholdInDays",
     "paramDescription": "the thershold (in days) required to issue an archive request",
     "paramRequired": false
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName": "aat",
+    "paramLongName": "apiAccessToken",
+    "paramDescription": "the API access token of the SWH API",
+    "paramRequired": false
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_collect_last_visit_repository_data.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_collect_last_visit_repository_data.json
index 8bf41f0ae..662582dfe 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_collect_last_visit_repository_data.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/input_collect_last_visit_repository_data.json
@@ -40,5 +40,11 @@
     "paramLongName": "requestMethod",
     "paramDescription": "the method of the requests to perform",
     "paramRequired": false
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName": "aat",
+    "paramLongName": "apiAccessToken",
+    "paramDescription": "the API access token of the SWH API",
+    "paramRequired": false
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/job.properties b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/job.properties
index 114181944..35c068286 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/job.properties
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/job.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ archiveRequestsPath=${workingDir}/3_archive_requests.seq
 actionsetsPath=${workingDir}/4_actionsets
 graphPath=/tmp/prod_provision/graph/18_graph_blacklisted
 
+apiAccessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCIgOiAiSldUIiwia2lkIiA6ICJhMTMxYTQ1My1hM2IyLTQwMTUtODQ2Ny05MzAyZjk3MTFkOGEifQ.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.XHj1VIZu1dZ4Ej32-oU84mFmaox9cLNjXosNxwZM0Xs
+
 maxNumberOfRetry=2
 retryDelay=1
 requestDelay=100
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index c69ecd74d..64dc0d2aa 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
             <name>requestDelay</name>
             <description>Delay between API requests (in ms)</description>
         </property>
+        <property>
+            <name>apiAccessToken</name>
+            <description>The API Key of the SWH API</description>
+        </property>
         <property>
             <name>softwareLimit</name>
             <description>Limit on the number of repo URLs to use (Optional); for debug purposes</description>
@@ -61,6 +65,10 @@
                 <name>actionsetsPath</name>
                 <value>${actionsetsPath}</value>
             </property>
+            <property>
+                <name>apiAccessToken</name>
+                <value>${apiAccessToken}</value>
+            </property>
         </configuration>
     </global>
 
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@
             <arg>--requestDelay</arg><arg>${requestDelay}</arg>
             <arg>--retryDelay</arg><arg>${retryDelay}</arg>
             <arg>--requestMethod</arg><arg>GET</arg>
+            <arg>--apiAccessToken</arg><arg>${apiAccessToken}</arg>
 
         </java>
         <ok to="archive-repository-urls"/>
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@
             <arg>--requestDelay</arg><arg>${requestDelay}</arg>
             <arg>--retryDelay</arg><arg>${retryDelay}</arg>
             <arg>--requestMethod</arg><arg>POST</arg>
+            <arg>--apiAccessToken</arg><arg>${apiAccessToken}</arg>
 
         </java>
         <ok to="create-swh-actionsets"/>
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/SWHConnectionTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/SWHConnectionTest.java
index 28210f1b3..b19e0e7ac 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/SWHConnectionTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-swh/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/swh/SWHConnectionTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class SWHConnectionTest {
 		HttpClientParams clientParams = new HttpClientParams();
 		clientParams.setRequestMethod("GET");
 
-		SWHConnection swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams);
+		SWHConnection swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams, null);
 
 		String repoUrl = "https://github.com/stanford-futuredata/FAST";
 		URL url = new URL(String.format(SWHConstants.SWH_LATEST_VISIT_URL, repoUrl));
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class SWHConnectionTest {
 		HttpClientParams clientParams = new HttpClientParams();
 		clientParams.setRequestMethod("POST");
 
-		SWHConnection swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams);
+		SWHConnection swhConnection = new SWHConnection(clientParams, null);
 
 		String repoUrl = "https://github.com/stanford-futuredata/FAST";
 		URL url = new URL(String.format(SWHConstants.SWH_ARCHIVE_URL, SWHConstants.DEFAULT_VISIT_TYPE, repoUrl));