diff --git a/src/Middleware/auth/defaultAdmin.ts b/src/Middleware/auth/defaultAdmin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84653cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Middleware/auth/defaultAdmin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import prisma from "../../lib/prisma";
+import crypto from "crypto";
+import argon2 from "argon2";
+import logger from "../error/logger";
+
+require("express-async-errors");
+
+export const generateDefaultCredentials = async () => {
+  const name: string = "Detleph_" + crypto.randomBytes(3).toString("base64url");
+
+  const pw: string = crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("base64url");
+
+  await prisma.admin.upsert({
+    where: { id: 1 },
+    create: {
+      name,
+      password: await argon2.hash(pw, { type: argon2.argon2id }),
+      permission_level: "ELEVATED",
+    },
+    update: {},
+  });
+
+  logger.notice("Default admin name is  " + name);
+  logger.notice("Confidential password:  " + pw);
+};
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index e8b7ed1..b21b925 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import roleRouter from "./Routes/role.routes";
 import participantRouter from "./Routes/participant.routes";
 import { notFoundHandler, rootHandler } from "./Middleware/error/defaultRoutes";
 import { env } from "process";
+import { generateDefaultCredentials } from "./Middleware/auth/defaultAdmin";
 
 // Set up async error handling
 require("express-async-errors");
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ async function main() {
       "This mode should not be used in any production-near environment as it is significantly less secure than the production mode"
     );
 
+    generateDefaultCredentials();
     // TODO: How should you login to the prod server by default? Maybe random password?
     await prisma.admin.upsert({
       where: { id: 1 },
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ async function main() {
   } else {
     logger.info("Using production mode");
 
+    generateDefaultCredentials();
+
     // Configure cors
     /*app.use(
       cors({