diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b5e6f87bd..1717063857 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ test/*.js
 test/*.map
 public/docs
 *.sublime-workspace
-keys
diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index 196ceb369f..74e2f0822c 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "client_id":"client_id",
         "client_secret":"client_secret"
     },
-    "GOOGLE_IAB_PUBLICKEY_LIVE": "GOOGLE_IAB_PUBLICKEY_LIVE",
+    "IAP_GOOGLE_KEYDIR": "/path/to/google/public/key/dir/",
     "LOGGLY": {
         "enabled": false,
         "subdomain": "subdomain",
diff --git a/keys/google/iap-live b/keys/google/iap-live
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69dc38136b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keys/google/iap-live
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAk6EVccD7D6y5vLmsUxUXVYTMyByq+NjfTzjMBaKCk93fq8Ahn6Ipha1K4oBIvArUj3CsP5Tb/Yf6c6SrEsSnE3eqgKQgeq+fYyfIm+Fb+tFGTttLonZ2Sqemqeyx2PjOG2CVZBXj1+Zr7jb0ocMNYraYUTvklWnpcK6/5ZaZLLent1PGiU9l5jIfRAsxmJH/UpssgpFPnCs+8PRKUALkJATTfVCCF+PJef6mcKAafAArKUEo0lR2/NeaE62Wpii33DLuKDPfMqL3g4EHZTEVE1ezFl/3WPeLlxuQm38hZLpEfEYKp17qzplU+GmWIfjZt6OdtVdonlYxIxNAZLnWEQIDAQAB
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84fd5bccfc..6f14a60e51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "grunt-nodemon": "~0.3.0",
     "habitrpg-shared": "git://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg-shared#develop",
     "icalendar": "git://github.com/lefnire/node-icalendar#master",
-    "in-app-purchase": "^0.3.0",
+    "in-app-purchase": "^0.2.0",
     "jade": "~1.7.0",
     "js2xmlparser": "~0.1.2",
     "lodash": "~2.4.1",
diff --git a/src/controllers/payments/iap.js b/src/controllers/payments/iap.js
index 9dcef12efc..29b03fedfb 100644
--- a/src/controllers/payments/iap.js
+++ b/src/controllers/payments/iap.js
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ var async = require('async');
 var payments = require('./index');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 
+var inAppPurchase = require('in-app-purchase');
+inAppPurchase.config({
+  // this is the path to the directory containing iap-sanbox/iap-live files
+  googlePublicKeyPath: nconf.get("IAP_GOOGLE_KEYDIR") 
+});
+
 // Validation ERROR Codes
 var INVALID_PAYLOAD   = 6778001;
 var CONNECTION_FAILED = 6778002;