diff --git a/tools/qort b/tools/qort
index 732fb825..dcce34d2 100755
--- a/tools/qort
+++ b/tools/qort
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ example_host=node10.qortal.org
 # called-as name
 name="${0##*/}"
 
+script_dir=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
 while [ -n "$*" ]; do
 	case $1 in
 		-p)
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ fi
 url=$1
 shift
 
+if [ -f "apikey.txt" ]; then
+  apikey=$(cat "apikey.txt")
+elif [ -f "${script_dir}/../apikey.txt" ]; then
+  apikey=$(cat "${script_dir}/../apikey.txt")
+fi
+
 if [ "${url:0:4}" != "http" ]; then
 	base_url=${BASE_URL-localhost:${port}}
 
@@ -83,5 +91,5 @@ if [ "$#" != 0 ]; then
 	data="--data"
 fi
 
-curl --silent --insecure --connect-timeout 5 ${content_type:+--header} "${content_type}" ${method} ${src} --url ${url} ${data} "$@" | ${postproc}
+curl --silent --insecure --connect-timeout 5 -H "X-API-KEY: ${apikey}" ${content_type:+--header} "${content_type}" ${method} ${src} --url ${url} ${data} "$@" | ${postproc}
 echo