diff --git a/src/controllers/AuthController.ts b/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
index c6b7049..c8c6954 100644
--- a/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class AuthController {
   async login(loginRequest : LoginRequestDto): Promise<LoginResponseDto> {
     const userName :string|undefined  = loginRequest.userName;
     const password :string|undefined = loginRequest.password;
-    console.log("user", userName, " is trying to log in with password", password)
+    console.log("user", userName, " is trying to log in")
     if (!userName || !password) {
       throw new ValidationError("Username and password are required");
     }
diff --git a/src/migrations/1758477574859-CreateUserTable.ts b/src/migrations/1758477574859-CreateUserTable.ts
index b6151ea..340d313 100644
--- a/src/migrations/1758477574859-CreateUserTable.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/1758477574859-CreateUserTable.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ export class CreateUserTable1661234567890 implements MigrationInterface {
                 name: "UQ_user_userName",
             })
         );
+
+        // Insert a default admin user - password is stored in shared/recipe-backend
+        await queryRunner.query(
+            `INSERT INTO "user" ("id", "userName", "email", "password", "role")
+            VALUES (uuid_generate_v4(), $1, $2, $3, $4)`,
+            ["admin", "anika@raemer.net", "$2b$12$zySMBXDcPF4VWpyvXluYwOS4pWJlED.peAvK9NEMewht6UQGw/8WK", "admin"]
+        );
     }
 
     public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {