diff --git a/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubAppHost/WebPubSubAppHost.csproj b/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubAppHost/WebPubSubAppHost.csproj
index 2b2967a512e..29ffc68866d 100644
--- a/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubAppHost/WebPubSubAppHost.csproj
+++ b/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubAppHost/WebPubSubAppHost.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <IsAspireHost>true</IsAspireHost>
+    <UserSecretsId>61c10aac-ef34-4c71-a496-6d2e15aec603</UserSecretsId>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/Program.cs b/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/Program.cs
index 2377293afec..dcc487f12fe 100644
--- a/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/Program.cs
+++ b/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/Program.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+builder.AddServiceDefaults();
+
 builder.AddKeyedAzureWebPubSubServiceClient("wps1", "chatHub");
 builder.AddKeyedAzureWebPubSubServiceClient("wps1", "notificationHub");
 
diff --git a/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/WebPubSubWeb.csproj b/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/WebPubSubWeb.csproj
index e710b13567e..3846846d6ba 100644
--- a/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/WebPubSubWeb.csproj
+++ b/playground/webpubsub/WebPubSubWeb/WebPubSubWeb.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Components\Aspire.Azure.Messaging.WebPubSub\Aspire.Azure.Messaging.WebPubSub.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Playground.ServiceDefaults\Playground.ServiceDefaults.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>