diff --git a/Projects/kompose/chat/compose.yaml b/Projects/kompose/chat/compose.yaml
index 11a21563..16b77b26 100644
--- a/Projects/kompose/chat/compose.yaml
+++ b/Projects/kompose/chat/compose.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - gotify_data:/app/data
+    environment:
+      - GOTIFY_DEFAULTUSER_NAME=${ADMIN_USER}
+      - GOTIFY_DEFAULTUSER_PASS=${ADMIN_PASSWORD}
     # Gotify is a Go binary - no wget/curl, but has built-in health endpoint
     # healthcheck:
     #   test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z localhost $APP_PORT || exit 1"]