diff --git a/django_deployer/paas_templates/dotcloud/mkadmin.py b/django_deployer/paas_templates/dotcloud/mkadmin.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/django_deployer/paas_templates/dotcloud/mkadmin.py
+++ b/django_deployer/paas_templates/dotcloud/mkadmin.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from wsgi import *
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 u, created = User.objects.get_or_create(username='admin')
 if created:
-    u.set_password('password')
+    u.set_password('{{ admin_password }}')
     u.is_superuser = True
     u.is_staff = True
     u.save()
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make setting the password configurable. need to warn user not to commit mkadmin.py to source control