diff --git a/internal/db/start/start.go b/internal/db/start/start.go
index 7febc9294..344227040 100644
--- a/internal/db/start/start.go
+++ b/internal/db/start/start.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func InitSchema14(ctx context.Context, conn *pgx.Conn) error {
 	return file.ExecBatch(ctx, conn)
 }
 
-func initRealtimeJob(host string) utils.DockerJob {
+func initRealtimeJob(host, jwks string) utils.DockerJob {
 	return utils.DockerJob{
 		Image: utils.Config.Realtime.Image,
 		Env: []string{
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ func initRealtimeJob(host string) utils.DockerJob {
 			"DB_NAME=postgres",
 			"DB_AFTER_CONNECT_QUERY=SET search_path TO _realtime",
 			"DB_ENC_KEY=" + utils.Config.Realtime.EncryptionKey,
+			fmt.Sprintf("API_JWT_JWKS=%s", jwks),
 			"API_JWT_SECRET=" + utils.Config.Auth.JwtSecret.Value,
 			"METRICS_JWT_SECRET=" + utils.Config.Auth.JwtSecret.Value,
 			"APP_NAME=realtime",
@@ -341,7 +342,11 @@ func initSchema15(ctx context.Context, host string) error {
 	// Apply service migrations
 	var initJobs []utils.DockerJob
 	if utils.Config.Realtime.Enabled {
-		initJobs = append(initJobs, initRealtimeJob(host))
+		jwks, err := utils.Config.Auth.ResolveJWKS(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		initJobs = append(initJobs, initRealtimeJob(host, jwks))
 	}
 	if utils.Config.Storage.Enabled {
 		initJobs = append(initJobs, initStorageJob(host))
diff --git a/internal/start/start.go b/internal/start/start.go
index 5e07d9dd1..c1a57293f 100644
--- a/internal/start/start.go
+++ b/internal/start/start.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ type kongConfig struct {
 	ApiHost       string
 	ApiPort       uint16
 	BearerToken   string
+	QueryToken    string
 }
 
 var (
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, fsys afero.Fs, excludedContainers []string, dbConf
 		excluded[name] = true
 	}
 
-	jwks, err := utils.Config.Auth.ResolveJWKS(ctx, fsys)
+	jwks, err := utils.Config.Auth.ResolveJWKS(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -362,6 +363,13 @@ EOF
 				utils.Config.Auth.PublishableKey.Value,
 				utils.Config.Auth.AnonKey.Value,
 			),
+			QueryToken: fmt.Sprintf(
+				`$((function() return (query_params.apikey == '%s' and '%s') or (query_params.apikey == '%s' and '%s') or query_params.apikey end)())`,
+				utils.Config.Auth.SecretKey.Value,
+				utils.Config.Auth.ServiceRoleKey.Value,
+				utils.Config.Auth.PublishableKey.Value,
+				utils.Config.Auth.AnonKey.Value,
+			),
 		}); err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("failed to exec template: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/start/templates/kong.yml b/internal/start/templates/kong.yml
index fb76e42ea..21489ce08 100644
--- a/internal/start/templates/kong.yml
+++ b/internal/start/templates/kong.yml
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ services:
       - name: request-transformer
         config:
           replace:
-            headers:
-              - "Authorization: {{ .BearerToken }}"
-  - name: realtime-v1-longpoll
+            querystring:
+              - "apikey:{{ .QueryToken }}"
+  - name: realtime-v1-longpoll-not-working
     _comment: "Realtime: /realtime/v1/* -> ws://realtime:4000/socket/longpoll"
     url: http://{{ .RealtimeId }}:4000/socket
     protocol: http
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index d21f1847c..ea49a76ca 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 	"github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/pkg/cast"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/pkg/fetcher"
@@ -1428,7 +1427,7 @@ type (
 // ResolveJWKS creates the JWKS from the JWT secret and Third-Party Auth
 // configs by resolving the JWKS via the OIDC discovery URL.
 // It always returns a JWKS string, except when there's an error fetching.
-func (a *auth) ResolveJWKS(ctx context.Context, fsys afero.Fs) (string, error) {
+func (a *auth) ResolveJWKS(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	var jwks remoteJWKS
 
 	if issuerURL := a.ThirdParty.IssuerURL(); issuerURL != "" {