diff --git a/infrastructure-monitoring.prose.md b/infrastructure-monitoring.prose.md
index 6ceae98..c095059 100644
--- a/infrastructure-monitoring.prose.md
+++ b/infrastructure-monitoring.prose.md
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ GPU .8 (RTX 3090)    GPU .110 (RTX 5070)   GPU .15 (Strix Halo)
 
 ```bash
 # Zulip API health (POST ping)
-curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST https://chat.sysloggh.net/api/v1/messages -u 'abiba-bot@chat.sysloggh.net:KEY'
+source /etc/litellm-monitor.env
+ZULIP_USER="abiba-bot@chat.sysloggh.net"
+curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST https://chat.sysloggh.net/api/v1/messages -u "${ZULIP_USER}:${ZULIP_BOT_KEY}"
 # Expected: 200 (HTTP 000 = unreachable/cache)
 
 # PM2 process health