diff --git a/frontend/public/json/sonobarr.json b/frontend/public/json/sonobarr.json
index 607c53216..965d6aee0 100644
--- a/frontend/public/json/sonobarr.json
+++ b/frontend/public/json/sonobarr.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     },
     "notes": [
         {
-            "text": "Change the default admin credentials",
+            "text": "Default generated admin password is in the env file (sonobarr_superadmin_password)",
             "type": "info"
         }
     ]
diff --git a/install/sonobarr-install.sh b/install/sonobarr-install.sh
index 0bdb4c036..7decf7c94 100644
--- a/install/sonobarr-install.sh
+++ b/install/sonobarr-install.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ $STD uv pip install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/sonobarr/requirements.txt
 mkdir -p /etc/sonobarr
 mv /opt/sonobarr/.sample-env /etc/sonobarr/.env
 sed -i "s/^secret_key=.*/secret_key=$(openssl rand -hex 16)/" /etc/sonobarr/.env
+sed -i "s/^sonobarr_superadmin_password=.*/secret_key=$(openssl rand -hex 16)/" /etc/sonobarr/.env
 echo "release_version=$(cat ~/.sonobarr)" >>/etc/sonobarr/.env
 echo "sonobarr_config_dir=/etc/sonobarr" >>/etc/sonobarr.env
 msg_ok "Set up sonobarr"