diff --git a/server/src/state.rs b/server/src/state.rs
index 6264987..43b2519 100644
--- a/server/src/state.rs
+++ b/server/src/state.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
+use log::error;
+use log::info;
 use sqlx::Pool;
 use sqlx::Sqlite;
 use sqlx::SqlitePool;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ impl ServerState {
         // This is almost certainly bad practice for more reasons than I can count
         dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
         let db_url = dotenvy::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap_or(":memory:".to_string());
+        info!("Using db_url: {}", &db_url);
 
         let pool = sqlite::SqlitePoolOptions::new()
             .max_connections(5)
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ impl ServerState {
 
         sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&pool).await.unwrap();
 
+        match crate::db::db_new_user("imbus".to_string(), "kartellen1234".to_string(), &pool).await
+        {
+            Some(u) => info!("Created default user {}", u.username),
+            None => error!("Failed to create default user..."),
+        }
+
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         debug_setup(&pool).await.unwrap();