diff --git a/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs b/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
index 62ea6081..d2084b5e 100644
--- a/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-using MapControl;
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using MapControl;
 using ViewModel;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
@@ -8,15 +11,28 @@ namespace UniversalApp
 {
     public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
     {
+        static MainPage()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                ImageLoader.HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "XAML Map Control Test Application");
+
+                //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.ImageFileCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
+                //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.FileDbCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
+                //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.SQLiteCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
+
+                BingMapsTileLayer.ApiKey = File.ReadAllText("BingMapsApiKey.txt")?.Trim();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+            }
+        }
+
         public MapViewModel ViewModel { get; } = new MapViewModel();
 
         public MainPage()
         {
-            ImageLoader.HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "XAML Map Control Test Application");
-            //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.ImageFileCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
-            //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.FileDbCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
-            //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.SQLiteCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
-
             InitializeComponent();
             DataContext = ViewModel;
         }