diff --git a/quickstart/java/sms/example-1/example-1.8.x.java b/quickstart/java/sms/example-1/example-1.8.x.java
index e4d1bfe1e..d880d82f3 100644
--- a/quickstart/java/sms/example-1/example-1.8.x.java
+++ b/quickstart/java/sms/example-1/example-1.8.x.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 public class SmsSender {
     // Find your Account Sid and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
     public static final String ACCOUNT_SID = System.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");
-    public static final String AUTH_TOKEN = System.getenv("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID");
+    public static final String AUTH_TOKEN = System.getenv("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN");
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Twilio.init(ACCOUNT_SID, AUTH_TOKEN);
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         System.out.println(message.getSid());
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}