diff --git a/pkg/runner/config.go b/pkg/runner/config.go
index 1751c9054..fe6a3da40 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/config.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/config.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func UnmarshalFrom(file string) error {
 	for _, source := range passive.AllSources {
 		sourceName := strings.ToLower(source.Name())
 		apiKeys := sourceApiKeysMap[sourceName]
-		if source.NeedsKey() && apiKeys != nil && len(apiKeys) > 0 {
+		if len(apiKeys) > 0 {
 			gologger.Debug().Msgf("API key(s) found for %s.", sourceName)
 			source.AddApiKeys(apiKeys)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/subscraping/sources/hackertarget/hackertarget.go b/pkg/subscraping/sources/hackertarget/hackertarget.go
index c84957722..cac388261 100644
--- a/pkg/subscraping/sources/hackertarget/hackertarget.go
+++ b/pkg/subscraping/sources/hackertarget/hackertarget.go
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import (
 
 // Source is the passive scraping agent
 type Source struct {
+	apiKeys   []string
 	timeTaken time.Duration
 	errors    int
 	results   int
+	skipped   bool
 }
 
 // Run function returns all subdomains found with the service
@@ -29,7 +31,16 @@ func (s *Source) Run(ctx context.Context, domain string, session *subscraping.Se
 			close(results)
 		}(time.Now())
 
-		resp, err := session.SimpleGet(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("https://api.hackertarget.com/hostsearch/?q=%s", domain))
+		htSearchUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.hackertarget.com/hostsearch/?q=%s", domain)
+		randomApiKey := subscraping.PickRandom(s.apiKeys, s.Name())
+		if randomApiKey == "" {
+			s.skipped = true
+			return
+		}
+
+		htSearchUrl = fmt.Sprintf("%s&apikey=%s", htSearchUrl, randomApiKey)
+
+		resp, err := session.SimpleGet(ctx, htSearchUrl)
 		if err != nil {
 			results <- subscraping.Result{Source: s.Name(), Type: subscraping.Error, Error: err}
 			s.errors++
@@ -78,8 +89,9 @@ func (s *Source) NeedsKey() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (s *Source) AddApiKeys(_ []string) {
-	// no key needed
+// TODO: env variable will not work if NeedsKey is false, entire api key management needs to be refactored
+func (s *Source) AddApiKeys(keys []string) {
+	s.apiKeys = keys
 }
 
 func (s *Source) Statistics() subscraping.Statistics {
@@ -87,5 +99,6 @@ func (s *Source) Statistics() subscraping.Statistics {
 		Errors:    s.errors,
 		Results:   s.results,
 		TimeTaken: s.timeTaken,
+		Skipped:   s.skipped,
 	}
 }