diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7e1126e..2a65167d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,9 +119,13 @@ Create same linux user account as old server and add to sudoers group and setup
 
 Copy backup file to new server
 
-Download and run the restore script, passing it the backup tar file as the first argument
+Download the restore script, and edit the postgres username/password at the top of the file. Same instructions as above in the backup steps.
 ```
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/develop/restore.sh
+```
+
+Run the restore script, passing it the backup tar file as the first argument
+```
 chmod +x restore.sh
 ./restore.sh rmm-backup-xxxxxxx.tar
 ```
diff --git a/restore.sh b/restore.sh
index 9a8a50d7..a76f7ad1 100755
--- a/restore.sh
+++ b/restore.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="3"
+#####################################################
+
+pgusername="changeme"
+pgpw="hunter2"
+
+#####################################################
+
+SCRIPT_VERSION="4"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/develop/restore.sh'
 
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
@@ -22,6 +29,12 @@ fi
 
 rm -f $TMP_FILE
 
+if [[ "$pgusername" == "changeme" || "$pgpw" == "hunter2" ]]; then
+  printf >&2 "${RED}You must change the postgres username/password at the top of this file.${NC}\n"
+  printf >&2 "${RED}Check the github readme for where to find them.${NC}\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 UBU20=$(grep 20.04 "/etc/"*"release")
 if ! [[ $UBU20 ]]; then
   echo -ne "\033[0;31mThis restore script will only work on Ubuntu 20.04\e[0m\n"
@@ -161,9 +174,6 @@ sleep 2
 
 print_green 'Restoring the database'
 
-pgusername=$(grep -A 6 DATABASES $tmp_dir/rmm/local_settings.py | grep USER | tr -d " \t" | sed 's/.*://' | tr -d "',")
-pgpw=$(grep -A 6 DATABASES $tmp_dir/rmm/local_settings.py | grep PASSWORD | tr -d " \t" | sed 's/.*://' | tr -d "',")
-
 sudo -u postgres psql -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS tacticalrmm"
 sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE tacticalrmm"
 sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER ${pgusername} WITH PASSWORD '${pgpw}'"