diff --git a/frontend/public/json/librenms.json b/frontend/public/json/librenms.json
index 09f294a24..02ae2e9c7 100644
--- a/frontend/public/json/librenms.json
+++ b/frontend/public/json/librenms.json
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@
     }
   ],
   "default_credentials": {
-    "username": "admin",
-    "password": "adminadmin!"
+    "username": null,
+    "password": null
   },
-  "notes": []
+  "notes": [
+    {
+      "text": "After installation, the admin user credentials are saved in the file ~/librenms.creds inside the container.",
+      "type": "info"
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/install/librenms-install.sh b/install/librenms-install.sh
index e74a7213d..03ae3e179 100644
--- a/install/librenms-install.sh
+++ b/install/librenms-install.sh
@@ -113,11 +113,20 @@ mkdir -p /etc/bash_completion.d/
 cp /opt/librenms/misc/lnms-completion.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/
 cp /opt/librenms/snmpd.conf.example /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
 
+APP_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 18 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | head -c13)
+APP_USER="admin"
+
+cat >~/librenms.creds <<'EOF'
+LibreNMS Admin User Credentials
+Username: ${APP_USER}
+Password: ${APP_PASSWORD}
+EOF
+
 $STD su - librenms -s /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/librenms && COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 composer install --no-dev"
 $STD su - librenms -s /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/librenms && php8.4 artisan migrate --force"
 $STD su - librenms -s /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/librenms && php8.4 artisan key:generate --force"
 $STD su - librenms -s /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/librenms && lnms db:seed --force"
-$STD su - librenms -s /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/librenms && lnms user:add -p admin -r admin adminadmin!"
+$STD su - librenms -s /bin/bash -c "cd /opt/librenms && lnms user:add -p ${APP_USER} -r ${APP_USER} ${APP_PASSWORD}"
 
 RANDOM_STRING=$(openssl rand -base64 16 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9')
 sed -i "s/RANDOMSTRINGHERE/$RANDOM_STRING/g" /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf