diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index ed1c0b4..a41fe9a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ APP_ENV=development
 APP_PREFIX=
 DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///./app.db
 SECRET_KEY=changeme-replace-in-production
+ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
+ADMIN_PASSWORD=change_me
 
 # Produktion (MariaDB + LDAP):
 # APP_ENV=production
diff --git a/app/core/config.py b/app/core/config.py
index f1bde1f..bea7503 100644
--- a/app/core/config.py
+++ b/app/core/config.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     LDAP_SERVER: str = "gso1.ads1.fh-nuernberg.de"
     LDAP_DOMAIN: str = "ADS1"
     LDAP_SEARCH_BASE: str = "OU=users,OU=EFI,OU=Faculties,DC=ADS1,DC=fh-nuernberg,DC=de"
+    ADMIN_USERNAME: str = "admin"
+    ADMIN_PASSWORD: str = "change_me"
 
 
 @lru_cache
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 9d56335..d0984a3 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+
 from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Request, WebSocket
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -10,9 +12,34 @@ from app.modules.auth.router import router as auth_router
 
 settings = get_settings()
 
+
+def _reset_admin() -> None:
+    from app.core.database import Base, SessionLocal, engine
+    from app.modules.auth.models import User  # noqa: F401 — registers table
+    from app.modules.auth.service import get_user, hash_password
+
+    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+    with SessionLocal() as db:
+        user = get_user(db, settings.ADMIN_USERNAME)
+        if user is None:
+            user = User(username=settings.ADMIN_USERNAME, full_name="Administrator")
+            db.add(user)
+        user.pw_hash = hash_password(settings.ADMIN_PASSWORD)
+        user.is_admin = True
+        user.is_active = True
+        db.commit()
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    _reset_admin()
+    yield
+
+
 app = FastAPI(
     title="University Process Hub",
     root_path=settings.APP_PREFIX,
+    lifespan=lifespan,
 )
 
 app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="app/static"), name="static")