diff --git a/hosts/common/core/default.nix b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
index 1b29121..283e359 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ in
   ]; 
 
   users = {
-    mutableUsers = false;
+    mutableUsers = true;
     extraUsers = {
       root = {
+        initialPassword = "1234";
         hashedPasswordFile = sopsHashedPasswordFile;
       };
      };
diff --git a/hosts/common/users/sam/default.nix b/hosts/common/users/sam/default.nix
index e1da96b..9ca6dcc 100644
--- a/hosts/common/users/sam/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/users/sam/default.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ let
 in 
 {
   users.users.sam = {
-    #mutableUsers = false;
+    mutableUsers = true;
     isNormalUser = true;
     shell = pkgs.zsh; # default shell
+    initialPassword = "nixos";
     hashedPasswordFile = sopsHashedPasswordFile;
     openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = lib.lists.forEach pubKeys (key: builtins.readFile key);