diff --git a/manage-tenant.sh b/manage-tenant.sh
index c3f3469..e131a70 100755
--- a/manage-tenant.sh
+++ b/manage-tenant.sh
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ PY
 initialize_tenant_database() {
     local tenant_id="$1"
     local mode="$2"
+    local admin_password="${3:-admin123}"
 
     APP_CONTAINER=$(docker ps -qf "name=app" | head -n 1)
     if [ -z "$APP_CONTAINER" ]; then
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ initialize_tenant_database() {
         return 0
     fi
 
-    docker exec -i "$APP_CONTAINER" python3 - "$tenant_id" "$mode" <<'PY'
+    docker exec -i "$APP_CONTAINER" python3 - "$tenant_id" "$mode" "$admin_password" <<'PY'
 import sys, os, re, datetime, hashlib
 sys.path.insert(0, "/app")
 sys.path.insert(0, "/app/Web")
@@ -449,6 +450,8 @@ import Web.modules.database.user as us
 
 tenant_id = sys.argv[1].lower()
 mode = sys.argv[2]
+admin_password = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "admin123"
+
 sanitized = "".join(c for c in tenant_id if c.isalnum() or c == "_")
 db_name = f"inventar_{sanitized}" if sanitized else settings.MONGODB_DB
 
@@ -458,7 +461,7 @@ users = db["users"]
 permission_defaults = us.build_default_permission_payload("full_access")
 admin_doc = {
     "Username": "admin",
-    "Password": us.hashing("admin123"),
+    "Password": us.hashing(admin_password),
     "Admin": True,
     "active_ausleihung": None,
     "name": dp.encrypt_text("admin"),
@@ -488,7 +491,7 @@ if mode == "trial":
 
 client.close()
 
-print(f"Tenant {sys.argv[1]} database initialized. Default admin: admin / admin123")
+print(f"Tenant {sys.argv[1]} database initialized. Default admin: admin / {admin_password}")
 PY
 }
 
@@ -813,6 +816,8 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         fi
 
         PORT_ARG="${3:-}"
+        PASSWORD_ARG="${4:-admin123}" # Optional 4th parameter; defaults to 'admin123' if omitted
+
         if [ -n "$PORT_ARG" ]; then
             if ! printf '%s\n' "$PORT_ARG" | grep -qE '^[0-9]+$'; then
                 echo "Error: Port must be a numeric value."
@@ -829,11 +834,9 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
             fi
         fi
 
-        
-
         echo "Adding new tenant '$TENANT_ID'..."
         echo "Initializing database for $TENANT_ID..."
-        initialize_tenant_database "$TENANT_ID" "standard"
+        initialize_tenant_database "$TENANT_ID" "standard" "$PASSWORD_ARG"
         echo "Tenant '$TENANT_ID' successfully added. Ready to use."
         ;;