diff --git a/app/Listeners/HandleUserLoggedIn.php b/app/Listeners/HandleUserLoggedIn.php
index 7f2d0453d4d0..10208ab1639d 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/HandleUserLoggedIn.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/HandleUserLoggedIn.php
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ class HandleUserLoggedIn
             if (! $gateway || $gateway->name !== 'Custom') {
                 Session::flash('error', trans('texts.error_incorrect_gateway_ids'));
             }
+            /*
+            if (! env('APP_KEY')) {
+                Session::flash('error', trans('texts.error_app_key_not_set'));
+            } elseif (strstr(env('APP_KEY'), 'SomeRandomString')) {
+                Session::flash('error', trans('texts.error_app_key_set_to_default'));
+            }
+            */
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/texts.php b/resources/lang/en/texts.php
index 2d8caa7f3489..290fe99db9b0 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/texts.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/texts.php
@@ -2302,6 +2302,8 @@ $LANG = array(
     'app_version' => 'App Version',
     'ofx_version' => 'OFX Version',
     'gateway_help_23' => ':link to get your Stripe API keys.',
+    'error_app_key_not_set' => 'Error: the APP_KEY value is not set in the .env file.',
+    'error_app_key_set_to_default' => 'Error: the APP_KEY value is set to the default in the .env file.'
 
 );