1diff --git a/src/pyload/core/__init__.py b/src/pyload/core/__init__.py
2index 4324fc700..f7fcd66ec 100644
3--- a/src/pyload/core/__init__.py
4+++ b/src/pyload/core/__init__.py
5@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Exit(Exception):
6 # improve external scripts
7 class Core:
8 LOCALE_DOMAIN = APPID
9- DEFAULT_USERNAME = APPID
10- DEFAULT_PASSWORD = APPID
11+ DEFAULT_USERNAME = os.getenv("PYLOAD_DEFAULT_USERNAME", APPID)
12+ DEFAULT_PASSWORD = os.getenv("PYLOAD_DEFAULT_PASSWORD", APPID)
13 DEFAULT_DATADIR = os.path.join(
14 os.getenv("APPDATA") or USERHOMEDIR, "pyLoad" if os.name == "nt" else ".pyload"
15 )