diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 074c82c..98bd675 100755
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ DOCKER_SPAWN_CMD=start-singleuser.sh
 # afterwards, you can visit /hub/login_list (if enabled and you are an admin) to see everyone's passwords.
 # by default, hub-admin will be an admin user (defined in jupyterhub_config.py).
 # you can print the password for this hub-admin user with 'bash show_login.sh'
-USERNAME=michael
+USERNAME=`head -n 1 userlist | awk '{ print $1 }'`
 PASSWORD_LENGTH=6
 HUB_LOC=`pwd`