diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 37c8ce5f..32c1ce2b 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ ADMINURL=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 70 | head -n 1)
 MESHPASSWD=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 25 | head -n 1)
 pgusername=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z' | fold -w 8 | head -n 1)
 pgpw=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 20 | head -n 1)
+meshusername=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z' | fold -w 8 | head -n 1)
 
 cls() {
   printf "\033c"
@@ -162,9 +163,6 @@ if echo "$IPV4" | grep -qE '^(10\.|172\.1[6789]\.|172\.2[0-9]\.|172\.3[01]\.|192
     BEHIND_NAT=true
 fi
 
-echo -ne "${YELLOW}Create a username for meshcentral${NC}: "
-read meshusername
-
 sudo apt install -y software-properties-common
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install -y certbot openssl
@@ -813,6 +811,7 @@ echo ${MESHEXE} | sed 's/{.*}//'
 printf >&2 "${NC}\n\n"
 printf >&2 "${YELLOW}Access your rmm at: ${GREEN}https://${frontenddomain}${NC}\n\n"
 printf >&2 "${YELLOW}Django admin url: ${GREEN}https://${rmmdomain}/${ADMINURL}${NC}\n\n"
+printf >&2 "${YELLOW}MeshCentral username: ${GREEN}${meshusername}${NC}\n"
 printf >&2 "${YELLOW}MeshCentral password: ${GREEN}${MESHPASSWD}${NC}\n\n"
 
 if [ "$BEHIND_NAT" = true ]; then