diff --git a/server/createdatabase.sh b/server/prep.sh
similarity index 54%
rename from server/createdatabase.sh
rename to server/prep.sh
index 0c86b4d..37929ba 100644
--- a/server/createdatabase.sh
+++ b/server/prep.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 dir=/opt/sshjump
+username=sshjump
+
+adduser $username
+chmod -R $username:$username $dir 
 sqlite3 $dir/sshjump.db 'create table sshjump(host, ip, port, id);'