diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a544c3..b3fdcbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ playbook.retry
 *.log
 .idea/
 venv/
+/ansible.cfg
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c47f67..812dfbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-init: create_venv install_pre_commit install_ansible_galaxy_modules
+init: create_ansible_cfg create_venv install_pre_commit install_ansible_galaxy_modules
+
+.ONESHELL:
+create_ansible_cfg:
+	read -rp "Enter remote username: " REMOTE_USER
+	cp ansible.cfg.sample ansible.cfg
+	sed -i "s/REMOTE_USER/$$REMOTE_USER/g" ansible.cfg
 
 create_venv:
 	python3 -m venv venv
@@ -9,4 +15,4 @@ install_pre_commit:
 	venv/bin/pre-commit install
 
 install_ansible_galaxy_modules:
-	venv/bin/ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
\ No newline at end of file
+	venv/bin/ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg.sample
similarity index 59%
rename from ansible.cfg
rename to ansible.cfg.sample
index d69e51f..d00b305 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [defaults]
-remote_user = root
+remote_user = REMOTE_USER
 inventory = datacoop_hosts
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 5777829..7f9ac10 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ usage () {
     } >&2
 }
 
-BASE_CMD="ansible-playbook playbook.yml --ask-vault-pass"
+BASE_CMD="ansible-playbook playbook.yml --ask-become-pass --ask-vault-pass"
 
 if [ "$1" = "--vagrant" ]; then
     BASE_CMD="$BASE_CMD --verbose --inventory=vagrant_host"