diff --git a/scribeengine/websetup.py b/scribeengine/websetup.py
index cc90443..f9bbd16 100644
--- a/scribeengine/websetup.py
+++ b/scribeengine/websetup.py
@@ -35,12 +35,37 @@ def setup_app(command, conf, vars):
     conf.local_conf['setup-app'] = True
     load_environment(conf.global_conf, conf.local_conf)
 
+    import os
     import hashlib
     import hmac
     from scribeengine.model.meta import metadata, Session, engine
     from scribeengine.model import Category, Permission, Post, Variable, \
         User, Role
 
+    if os.name == 'posix':
+        import readline
+
+    # Let's prompt the user for an e-mail address, password and nick for the first user in the system.
+    print 'First User:'
+    email = raw_input('E-mail address [admin@scribeengine.org]: ')
+    password = raw_input('Password [P@ssw0rd]: ')
+    nick = raw_input('Nick [Admin]: ')
+
+    if not email:
+        email = u'admin@scribeengine.org'
+    else:
+        email = unicode(email)
+    if not password:
+        password = u'P@ssw0rd'
+    else:
+        password = unicode(password)
+    if not nick:
+        nick = u'Admin'
+    else:
+        nick = unicode(nick)
+    password = unicode(hmac.new(conf[u'security.salt'], password,
+        hashlib.sha256).hexdigest(), u'utf-8')
+
     # Create the tables if they don't already exist
     metadata.create_all(bind=engine, checkfirst=True)
 
@@ -57,10 +82,7 @@ def setup_app(command, conf, vars):
     role_admin = Role(name=u'Administrator')
     role_admin.permissions.extend([perm_addposts, perm_editmyposts, perm_delmyposts])
 
-    password = unicode(hmac.new(conf[u'security.salt'], u'password',
-        hashlib.sha256).hexdigest(), u'utf-8')
-    user = User(email=u'admin@scribeengine.org',
-        password=password, nick=u'admin')
+    user = User(email=email, password=password, nick=nick)
     user.roles.append(role_admin)
 
     Session.add_all([blog_title, blog_slogan, user])