diff --git a/client/clip_client/client.py b/client/clip_client/client.py
index e844308b0..f7a0a736d 100644
--- a/client/clip_client/client.py
+++ b/client/clip_client/client.py
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ def __init__(self, server: str, credential: dict = {}, **kwargs):
         else:
             raise ValueError(f'{server} is not a valid scheme')
 
-        self._authorization = credential.get('Authorization', None)
+        self._authorization = credential.get(
+            'Authorization', os.environ.get('CLIP_AUTH_TOKEN')
+        )
 
     @overload
     def encode(