diff --git a/development.ini b/development.ini
index db85be5..4b90136 100644
--- a/development.ini
+++ b/development.ini
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ paths.images = %(here)s/images
 # Themes directory
 paths.themes = %(here)s/themes
 
+default.user.password = p4ssw0rd
+default.user.email = admin@scribeengine.org
+default.user.nick = Admin
+
 # Security settings
 security.salt = secretsalt
 
diff --git a/scribeengine/websetup.py b/scribeengine/websetup.py
index cc90443..5e9bd66 100644
--- a/scribeengine/websetup.py
+++ b/scribeengine/websetup.py
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ 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',
+    password = unicode(hmac.new(conf[u'security.salt'], conf[u'default.user.password'],
         hashlib.sha256).hexdigest(), u'utf-8')
-    user = User(email=u'admin@scribeengine.org',
-        password=password, nick=u'admin')
+    user = User(email=conf[u'default.user.email'],
+        password=password, nick=conf[u'default.user.nick'])
     user.roles.append(role_admin)
 
     Session.add_all([blog_title, blog_slogan, user])