diff --git a/assets/directus.docker-compose.yml b/assets/directus.docker-compose.yml
index 0793500..f3b6aee 100644
--- a/assets/directus.docker-compose.yml
+++ b/assets/directus.docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ services:
       - ./setup_mariadb.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/setup_mariadb.sql
     environment:
       - MARIADB_ALLOW_EMPTY_ROOT_PASSWORD=1
-      - MARIADB_USER=directus
-      - MARIADB_PASSWORD=directus
+      - MARIADB_USER=root
       - MARIADB_DB=directus
 
   cache:
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ services:
       DB_HOST: "database"
       DB_PORT: "3306"
       DB_DATABASE: "directus"
-      DB_USER: "directus"
-      DB_PASSWORD: "directus"
+      DB_USER: "root"
+      DB_PASSWORD: ""
 
       CACHE_ENABLED: "true"
       CACHE_STORE: "redis"
diff --git a/bin/add_site.sh b/bin/add_site.sh
index 3821854..b28cedc 100644
--- a/bin/add_site.sh
+++ b/bin/add_site.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [[ -z "$username" ]]; then
+    username=$(getent passwd 1001 | cut -d: -f1)
+fi
+
 # SET URL
 echo -e "${PURPLE}${BOLD}Set url ? (y/N) ${RESET}"
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