diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 6a0c63d02efc099d87f0301ad1c6de090e4b9e5e..a128f8f546827e07e08c160b7e3f6d706c4a2ea9 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ server:
 mysql:
     host : "127.0.0.1"
     user : "searx"
-    password : "password" # change this!
+    password : "mdr123PTDR%%" # change this!
     database : "searx"
     upgrade_history: 86400 # in seconds (1day = 86400s)