diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7dd31f9..917eac7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN chsh -s /bin/bash backup
 
 #Start...
+ENV ROOT_PASSWD="password"
 COPY entrypoint.sh /
 RUN chmod a+x /entrypoint.sh
 STOPSIGNAL SIGINT
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06a3431..957f0de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ services:
     hostname: proxmox-backup-server
     ports:
       - 8007:8007
+    environment:
+      - ROOT_PASSWD="password"
     volumes:
-      - /etc/shadow:/etc/shadow:ro #Mounts your hosts password file as read-only, your host root password can be used to sign in
       - ./data/etc-proxmox-backup:/etc/proxmox-backup
       - ./data/var-lib-proxmox-backup:/var/lib/proxmox-backup
 ```
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index f34e9df..b8b3da7 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ chmod -R 700 /etc/proxmox-backup
 chown -R backup:backup /var/lib/proxmox-backup
 chmod -R 700 /var/lib/proxmox-backup
 
+#Set password from environment variable
+echo 'root:$ROOT_PASSWD' | chpasswd
+
 # Start the first process
 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/proxmox-backup/proxmox-backup-api &
 sleep 10