diff --git a/helpers/create_account.py b/helpers/create_account.py
index d8673d3..4c9a629 100644
--- a/helpers/create_account.py
+++ b/helpers/create_account.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ def hash_password(password):
 def main():
     try:
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="A script to parse command-line arguments")
-        parser.add_argument("-u", "--username", required=True, help="Username")
-        parser.add_argument("-p", "--password", required=True, help="Password")
+        parser.add_argument("-u", "--username", required=False, help="Username")
+        parser.add_argument("-p", "--password", required=False, help="Password")
 
         # get args
         args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ def main():
         user_coll = db['users']
 
         user_coll.insert_one({
-            "username": args.username,
-            "password": hash_password(args.password)
-            # "username": os.getenv("ADMIN_USERNAME"),
-            # "password": hash_password(os.getenv("ADMIN_PASSWORD"))
+            # "username": args.username,
+            # "password": hash_password(args.password)
+            "username": os.getenv("ADMIN_USERNAME"),
+            "password": hash_password(os.getenv("ADMIN_PASSWORD"))
         })
 
         print('Account created successfully')