diff --git a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml
index 4cda4a2d7a240392105e7152c71b7ef6d8d175e7..cc23ab88b82eabfab9aa9f86f29683cbf1f45de4 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/defaults/main.yml
@@ -85,3 +85,5 @@ ml_analytics_projects_distinctCnt_prglevel_azure_blob_path: "projects/distinctCo
 ml_analytics_survey_status_output_dir : "{{ WORKDIR }}/source/survey/status/output"
 ml_analytics_survey_azure_blob_path : "survey/status/"
 ml_analytics_druid_survey_status_injestion_spec : '{"type":"index","spec":{"ioConfig":{"type":"index","inputSource":{"type":"azure","uris":["azure://telemetry-data-store/survey/status/sl_survey_status.json"]},"inputFormat":{"type":"json"}},"tuningConfig":{"type":"index","partitionsSpec":{"type":"dynamic"}},"dataSchema":{"dataSource":"ml-survey-status","granularitySpec":{"type":"uniform","queryGranularity":"DAY","rollup":true,"segmentGranularity":"DAY"},"timestampSpec":{"column":"updatedAt","format":"iso"},"dimensionsSpec":{"dimensions":["survey_submission_id", "submission_status", "user_id", "user_sub_type", "user_type", "state_externalId", "block_externalId", "district_externalId", "cluster_externalId", "school_externalId", "state_name", "block_name", "district_name", "cluster_name", "school_name", "board_name", "organisation_id", "organisation_name", "program_externalId", "program_id", "program_name", "survey_name", "survey_id", "survey_externalId", "created_date", "submission_date", "updatedAt", "parent_channel", "solution_name", "solution_id","private_program"]},"metricsSpec":[]}}}'
+slack_token: "{{ ml_slack_token | default('') }}"
+channel_name: "{{ ml_slack_channel | default('') }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/templates/config.j2 b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/templates/config.j2
index bf2da5c33dca68c4b5525af595b0858bf44f3fb0..5d6091f55ee174a9edb4454c54f4ec0423a00743 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/templates/config.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ml-analytics-service/templates/config.j2
@@ -215,3 +215,9 @@ secret_access_key = {{ ml_analytics_AWS_secret_access_key }}
 region_name = {{ ml_analytics_AWS_region_name }}
 
 bucket_name = {{ ml_analytics_AWS_bucket_name }}
+
+[SLACK]
+
+token = {{ slack_token }}
+
+channel = {{ channel_name }}