diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6af9000..ffb8c98 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ FROM debian:stable-slim AS runtime
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libssl3 \
     libpq5 \
-    postgresql-client-15 \
     bash \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index df06552..da9fa5a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ services:
       - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data  # Persist PostgreSQL data
       - ./migration/src/setup.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/0-setup.sql  # Initialize database with setup.sql
       - ./migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/1-refactor_plaform_rs.sql  # Initialize with refactor_platform_rs.sql
+      - ./migration/src/setup_default_user.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/2-setup_default_user.sql  # Initialize with setup_default_user.sql
     networks:
       - backend_network  # Connect to backend_network
 
diff --git a/entity_api/src/lib.rs b/entity_api/src/lib.rs
index f0d6c14..479481e 100644
--- a/entity_api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/entity_api/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ pub(crate) fn naive_date_parse_str(date_str: &str) -> Result<chrono::NaiveDate,
 pub async fn seed_database(db: &DatabaseConnection) {
     let now = Utc::now();
 
+    let _admin_user: users::ActiveModel = users::ActiveModel {
+        email: Set("admin@refactorcoach.com".to_owned()),
+        first_name: Set(Some("Admin".to_owned())),
+        last_name: Set(Some("User".to_owned())),
+        display_name: Set(Some("Admin User".to_owned())),
+        password: Set(generate_hash("dLxNxnjn&b!2sqkwFbb4s8jX")),
+        github_username: Set(None),
+        github_profile_url: Set(None),
+        created_at: Set(now.into()),
+        updated_at: Set(now.into()),
+        ..Default::default()
+    }
+    .save(db)
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
     let jim_hodapp: users::ActiveModel = users::ActiveModel {
         email: Set("james.hodapp@gmail.com".to_owned()),
         first_name: Set(Some("Jim".to_owned())),
diff --git a/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql b/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql
index 5f73804..f940b16 100644
--- a/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql
+++ b/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- SQL dump generated using DBML (dbml-lang.org)
 -- Database: PostgreSQL
--- Generated at: 2024-10-31T16:04:10.825Z
+-- Generated at: 2024-12-09T16:59:54.815Z
 
 
 CREATE TYPE "status" AS ENUM (
diff --git a/migration/src/setup_default_user.sql b/migration/src/setup_default_user.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..385ab54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/src/setup_default_user.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- IMPORTANT: to prevent a security issue, the following initial platform user's password
+-- needs to be changed after the postgres service container is created.
+-- The password hash params are password and a random salt value.
+INSERT INTO refactor_platform.users (
+    display_name, 
+    email, 
+    first_name, 
+    last_name, 
+    github_profile_url, 
+    github_username, 
+    password
+) 
+VALUES (
+    'Admin',
+    'admin@refactorcoach.com',
+    'Admin',
+    'User',
+    '#',
+    '',
+    '$argon2id$v=19$m=19456,t=2,p=1$x4aqeh1xRaYsgeo0I5kB3A$gQz+ARyx7e6WjCNyNkOXNYFnLnc1eWqHXY+ASmJ7PDM'
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/src/lib.rs b/web/src/lib.rs
index e6ba453..f553a48 100644
--- a/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ pub async fn init_server(app_state: AppState) -> Result<()> {
             CONTENT_TYPE,
         ])
         .expose_headers([ApiVersion::field_name().parse::<HeaderName>().unwrap()])
-        .allow_origin("http://localhost:3000".parse::<HeaderValue>().unwrap());
+        .allow_origin("http://localhost:3000".parse::<HeaderValue>().unwrap())
+        .allow_origin("http://localhost:3001".parse::<HeaderValue>().unwrap());
 
     axum::serve(
         listener,