diff --git a/conf/sql/admin.sql b/conf/sql/admin.sql
index 804ff58..33811a7 100644
--- a/conf/sql/admin.sql
+++ b/conf/sql/admin.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-INSERT INTO `wt_user` (`user_id`, `user_name`, `real_name`, `email`, `password`) VALUES (NULL, '__ADMIN__', '__FULLNAME__', '__EMAIL__', '__PASSWORD__');
+INSERT INTO `wt_user` (`user_id`, `user_name`, `real_name`, `email`, `password`) VALUES (NULL, '__ADMIN__', '__FULLNAME__', '__EMAIL__', '__SALT_PASSWORD__');
 INSERT INTO `wt_user_setting` (`user_id`, `setting_name`, `setting_value`) VALUES ('1', 'canadmin', '1'), ('1', 'verified', '1'), ('1', 'verified_by_admin', '1');
  
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 9de61c4..4248836 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ admin=$YNH_APP_ARG_ADMIN
 email=$(ynh_user_get_info --username=$admin --key=mail)
 fullname=$(ynh_user_get_info --username=$admin --key=fullname)
 password=$YNH_APP_ARG_PASSWORD
+salt_password=$(openssl passwd -1 -salt xyz $password)
 
 app=$YNH_APP_INSTANCE_NAME
 
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ phpversion=$(ynh_app_setting_get --app=$app --key=phpversion)
 # Adding the details of the database to the config file
 ynh_add_config --template="../conf/config.ini.php" --destination="$final_path/data/config.ini.php"
 
+chmod 400 "$final_path/data/config.ini.php"
+chown $app:$app "$final_path/data/config.ini.php"
+
 # Load initial SQL into the new database
 ynh_mysql_connect_as --user="$db_user" --password="$db_pwd" --database="$db_name" < "../conf/sql/webtrees.sql"