diff --git a/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-standalone-db/start.py b/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-standalone-db/start.py
index 5da0607..bf81d05 100644
--- a/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-standalone-db/start.py
+++ b/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-standalone-db/start.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ userDataDB = ('#!/bin/bash\n'
               '\n'
               'echo "create table clouds ( cloud_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, value INT, max_value INT, PRIMARY KEY (cloud_id))" | mysql -u root cloud_tug_of_war\n'
               '\n'
-              'echo "CREATE USER \'cloud_tug_of_war\'@\'%\' IDENTIFIED BY \'cloud\';" | mysql -u root\n'
+              'echo "CREATE USER \'cloud_tug_of_war\'@\'%\' IDENTIFIED BY \'cloudpass\';" | mysql -u root\n'
               'echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cloud_tug_of_war.* TO \'cloud_tug_of_war\'@\'%\';" | mysql -u root\n'
               'echo "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" | mysql -u root\n'
               )