diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 03d7187..1a6d701 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_CLIENT_ID
 VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET
-PASSWORD=YOUR_PASSWORD
\ No newline at end of file
+
+
+DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_DB_PASSWORD
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6bf455..3f6cf45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "google-task",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.0.7",
+  "version": "0.0.8",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index d8f473f..ba07f3e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use libs::filehelper::{ENV_FILE, initialize_user_files};
 fn run_specta() {
 
     println!("Running specta to generate typescript bindings");
-
      #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
     ts::export(collect_types![
             save_access_token,
@@ -29,6 +28,13 @@ fn run_specta() {
 
 fn main() {
     dotenv::from_filename(ENV_FILE).ok();
+
+    // set default DB_PASSWORD env variable if not set
+    // this is setting is for now till we have a better way to handle this env variable on build
+    if env::var("DB_PASSWORD").is_err() {
+        env::set_var("DB_PASSWORD", "password");
+    }
+
     initialize_user_files();
     run_specta();