diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
index 97c75d60..904299a1 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/cic_eth/import_balance.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ args_override = {
         'CIC_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
         'ETH_PROVIDER': getattr(args, 'p'),
         'CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS': getattr(args, 'r'),
+        'KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH': getattr(args, 'key-file')
         }
 config.dict_override(args_override, 'cli flag')
 config.censor('PASSWORD', 'DATABASE')
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
index 5383bfd4..19315b11 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ args_override = {
         'REDIS_DB': getattr(args, 'redis_db'),
         'META_HOST': getattr(args, 'meta_host'),
         'META_PORT': getattr(args, 'meta_port'),
+        'KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH': getattr(args, 'key-file')
         }
 config.dict_override(args_override, 'cli flag')
 config.censor('PASSWORD', 'DATABASE')
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/config/app.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/app.ini
index 6d37c421..82cd4f1d 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/config/app.ini
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/config/app.ini
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ TRANSITIONS=/usr/src/cic-ussd/transitions/
 host =
 port =
 ssl =
+
+[keystore]
+file_path = keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
index b3fb1112..d391d021 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_balance.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ args_override = {
         'CIC_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
         'ETH_PROVIDER': getattr(args, 'p'),
         'CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS': getattr(args, 'r'),
+        'KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH': getattr(args, 'key-file')
         }
 config.dict_override(args_override, 'cli flag')
 config.censor('PASSWORD', 'DATABASE')
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_users.py b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_users.py
index 3a88b86d..8ef9fd84 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_users.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/eth/import_users.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ config.process()
 args_override = {
         'CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS': getattr(args, 'r'),
         'CIC_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
+        'KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH': getattr(args, 'key-file')
         }
 config.dict_override(args_override, 'cli')
 config.add(args.user_dir, '_USERDIR', True)
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c b/apps/data-seeding/keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b843ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"address":"eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c","crypto":{"cipher":"aes-128-ctr","ciphertext":"b0f70a8af4071faff2267374e2423cbc7a71012096fd2215866d8de7445cc215","cipherparams":{"iv":"9ac89383a7793226446dcb7e1b45cdf3"},"kdf":"scrypt","kdfparams":{"dklen":32,"n":262144,"p":1,"r":8,"salt":"299f7b5df1d08a0a7b7f9c9eb44fe4798683b78da3513fcf9603fd913ab3336f"},"mac":"6f4ed36c11345a9a48353cd2f93f1f92958c96df15f3112a192bc994250e8d03"},"id":"61a9dd88-24a9-495c-9a51-152bd1bfaa5b","version":3}
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