diff --git a/caddy/filemanager/filemanager.go b/caddy/filemanager/filemanager.go
index 9d7f740e..d3a5037e 100644
--- a/caddy/filemanager/filemanager.go
+++ b/caddy/filemanager/filemanager.go
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ func parse(c *caddy.Controller) ([]*config, error) {
 		}
 
 		fm, err := New(database, User{
-			Username:      "admin",
-			Password:      "admin",
 			AllowCommands: true,
 			AllowEdit:     true,
 			AllowNew:      true,
diff --git a/caddy/hugo/setup.go b/caddy/hugo/setup.go
index 56995eea..f5e5c487 100644
--- a/caddy/hugo/setup.go
+++ b/caddy/hugo/setup.go
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ func parse(c *caddy.Controller) ([]*filemanager.FileManager, error) {
 		}
 
 		m, err := filemanager.New(database, filemanager.User{
-			Username:      "admin",
-			Password:      "admin",
 			AllowCommands: true,
 			AllowEdit:     true,
 			AllowNew:      true,
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 18cb52a2..1a3dd343 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -6,7 +6,24 @@ you'll need to create a filemanager instance:
 	m, err := filemanager.New(database, user)
 
 Where 'user' contains the default options for new users. You can just
-use 'filemanager.DefaultUser'
+use 'filemanager.DefaultUser' or create yourself a default user:
+
+	m, err := filemanager.New(database, filemanager.User{
+		Admin: 		   false,
+		AllowCommands: false,
+		AllowEdit:     true,
+		AllowNew:      true,
+		Commands:      []string{
+			"git",
+		},
+		Rules:         []*filemanager.Rule{},
+		CSS:           "",
+		FileSystem:    webdav.Dir("/path/to/files"),
+	})
+
+The credentials for the first user are always 'admin' for both the user and
+the password, and they can be changed later through the settings. The first
+user is always an Admin and has all of the permissions set to 'true'.
 
 Then, you should set the Prefix URL and the Base URL, using the following
 functions:
diff --git a/filemanager.go b/filemanager.go
index 1a72dff9..9b69cd7a 100644
--- a/filemanager.go
+++ b/filemanager.go
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ type Plugin interface {
 
 // DefaultUser is used on New, when no 'base' user is provided.
 var DefaultUser = User{
-	Username:      "admin",
-	Password:      "admin",
 	AllowCommands: true,
 	AllowEdit:     true,
 	AllowNew:      true,
@@ -203,32 +201,34 @@ func New(database string, base User) (*FileManager, error) {
 	// If there are no users in the database, it creates a new one
 	// based on 'base' User that must be provided by the function caller.
 	if len(users) == 0 {
+		u := base
+		u.Username = "admin"
+
 		// Hashes the password.
-		pw, err := hashPassword(base.Password)
+		u.Password, err = hashPassword("admin")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		// The first user must be an administrator.
-		base.Admin = true
-		base.Password = pw
+		u.Admin = true
+		u.AllowCommands = true
+		u.AllowNew = true
+		u.AllowEdit = true
 
 		// Saves the user to the database.
-		if err := db.Save(&base); err != nil {
+		if err := db.Save(&u); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		m.Users[base.Username] = &base
+		m.Users[u.Username] = &u
 	}
 
 	// Attaches db to this File Manager instance.
 	m.db = db
 
 	// Create the default user, making a copy of the base.
-	u := base
-	u.Username = ""
-	u.Password = ""
-	m.DefaultUser = &u
+	m.DefaultUser = &base
 	return m, nil
 }