diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sonarqube.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/sonarqube.yaml
index e481aa0..57014db 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sonarqube.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sonarqube.yaml
@@ -96,4 +96,18 @@ jobs:
       env:
         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY }}
         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIO_SECRET_KEY }}
-      run: terraform init
+        TF_BACKEND_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.MINIO_ENDPOINT }}
+        TF_BACKEND_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.MINIO_BUCKET }}
+        TF_BACKEND_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIO_STATE_KEY }}
+        TF_BACKEND_REGION: "main"
+      run: |
+        terraform init \
+          -backend-config="endpoints={s3=\"${TF_BACKEND_ENDPOINT}\"}" \
+          -backend-config="bucket=${TF_BACKEND_BUCKET}" \
+          -backend-config="key=${TF_BACKEND_KEY}" \
+          -backend-config="region=${TF_BACKEND_REGION}" \
+          -backend-config="skip_credentials_validation=true" \
+          -backend-config="skip_metadata_api_check=true" \
+          -backend-config="skip_requesting_account_id=true" \
+          -backend-config="skip_region_validation=true" \
+          -backend-config="use_path_style=true"
diff --git a/backend.tf b/backend.tf
index 7a16643..356c3c5 100644
--- a/backend.tf
+++ b/backend.tf
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 terraform {
   backend "s3" {
-    endpoints = {
-        s3 = "https://minio.bsdserver.nl:443"
-    }
-
-    bucket   = "home-terraform"
-    key      = "home/vsphere/network/vsphere-resourcegroup-config.tfstate"
-
-    region                      = "main"
-    skip_credentials_validation = true
-    skip_metadata_api_check     = true
-    skip_requesting_account_id  = true
-    skip_region_validation      = true
-    use_path_style              = true
+    # Backend configuration provided via -backend-config flags during terraform init
+    # This allows for environment-specific and CI/CD-friendly configuration
   }
 }