diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 13977f6..1622177 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+http_archive(
+    name = "bazel_skylib",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.0.2/bazel-skylib-1.0.2.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.0.2/bazel-skylib-1.0.2.tar.gz",
+    ],
+    sha256 = "97e70364e9249702246c0e9444bccdc4b847bed1eb03c5a3ece4f83dfe6abc44",
+)
+load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
+bazel_skylib_workspace()
+
 load("//lib:secrets.bzl","environment_secrets")
 
 ####
@@ -8,5 +20,6 @@ environment_secrets(
     entries = {
         "MAVEN_USER": "<REQUIRED>",
         "MAVEN_PASS": "<REQUIRED>",
+        "DEFAULT": "some_default_value",
     },
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/examples/BUILD.bazel b/examples/BUILD.bazel
index 044c0ea..f501831 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ genrule(
     #cmd = "echo OK > \"$@\"",
     cmd = "echo 'MAVEN_USER={0} MAVEN_PASS={1}'> \"$@\"".format(MAVEN_USER,MAVEN_PASS),
 )
+
+py_test(
+    name = "secret_file_test",
+    srcs = ["secret_file_test.py"],
+    data = ["@env//:secrets"],
+)
diff --git a/examples/secret_file_test.py b/examples/secret_file_test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3d183bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/secret_file_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import json
+
+
+def get_bzl_secrets():
+    with open("../env/secrets.bzl") as file:
+        return {
+            # Remove the leading `"` and trailing `"\n`.
+            key: value[1:-2]
+            for (key, value) in (
+                line.split("=", 1)
+                for line in file
+                if not line.startswith("#")
+            )
+        }
+
+
+def get_json_secrets():
+    with open("../env/secrets.json") as file:
+        return json.load(file)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    bzl_secrets = get_bzl_secrets()
+    json_secrets = get_json_secrets()
+
+    assert set(bzl_secrets.keys()) == {"DEFAULT", "MAVEN_USER", "MAVEN_PASS"}
+    assert json_secrets == bzl_secrets
diff --git a/lib/BUILD.bazel b/lib/BUILD.bazel
index 4691603..e938031 100644
--- a/lib/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/lib/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-load("@bazel_skylib//:skylark_library.bzl", "skylark_library")
+load("@bazel_skylib//:bzl_library.bzl", "bzl_library")
 
-skylark_library(
+bzl_library(
     name = "secrets",
     srcs = ["secrets.bzl"],
-    deps = [
-        "//skylib:label",
-    ],
 )
diff --git a/lib/secrets.bzl b/lib/secrets.bzl
index a503cd5..1771a6d 100644
--- a/lib/secrets.bzl
+++ b/lib/secrets.bzl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 BUILD_BZL_CONTENTS='''
 filegroup(
     name="secrets",
-    srcs=["secrets.bzl"],
+    srcs=["secrets.bzl", "secrets.json"],
     visibility=["//visibility:public"]
 )
 '''
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def _environment_secrets_impl(repository_ctx):
 
     lines = ["# Generated - do not modify"]
     missing = []
+    secrets = {}
 
     for key, defaultValue in entries.items():
         value = env.get(key, UNSET_VALUE)
@@ -27,15 +28,17 @@ def _environment_secrets_impl(repository_ctx):
         value = value.replace("\\","\\\\")
         value = value.replace("\"","\\\"")
 
-        line = "{0}=\"{1}\"".format(key, value)
+        secrets[key] = value
+        line = '{0}="{1}"'.format(key, value)
         lines.append(line)
 
     if len(missing) > 0 : 
         fail("Required Secret environment variables were empty: "+ (",".join(missing)) ) 
 
-    secrets_file = "\n".join(lines)
+    secrets_file = "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
 
     repository_ctx.file("secrets.bzl", secrets_file)
+    repository_ctx.file("secrets.json", struct(**secrets).to_json())
     repository_ctx.file("BUILD.bazel", BUILD_BZL_CONTENTS)
 
 
@@ -79,4 +82,4 @@ def environment_secrets(name, entries):
         },
         environ = entries.keys(),
     )
-    the_new_rule(name = name)
\ No newline at end of file
+    the_new_rule(name = name)