diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtils.java b/src/main/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtils.java
index 0457a51..78e5e5e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtils.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import io.jsonwebtoken.SignatureAlgorithm;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.function.Function;
-import lombok.Setter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ public class JWTTokenUtils {
 
     /** The secret key used to encrypt all JWTs */
     @Value("${jwt.secret}")
-    @Setter
     private String secret;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtilsTests.java b/src/test/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtilsTests.java
index 0f2a6da..ecc00b0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtilsTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/usi/inf/sa4/sanmarinoes/smarthut/config/JWTTokenUtilsTests.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
 @ExtendWith({MockitoExtension.class})
 public class JWTTokenUtilsTests {
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ public class JWTTokenUtilsTests {
 
     @Test
     public void testGenerateToken() {
-        utils.setSecret(
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(
+                utils,
+                "secret",
                 "One, seven, three, four, six, seven\n"
                         + "Three, two, one, four, seven, six, charlie, three\n"
                         + "Two, seven, eight, nine, seven, seven, seven\n"