diff --git a/settingstemplate b/settingstemplate
index f1899990b0d65de97700e5b1835d1c9ceebe3755..fdffe018741cb422e04950e8cea0da24b091a25c 100644
--- a/settingstemplate
+++ b/settingstemplate
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ $base = "$BASEDIR/";
 $baseurl = "/~$USERNAME/sucssite";
 $preferred_hostname = "sucs.org";
 $dbname="beta";
+$dbuser="$USERNAME";
 
 ?>