diff --git a/docker_dev_start.py b/docker_dev_start.py
index 30141a668ce931a29a2af69183661743da3b75f2_ZG9ja2VyX2Rldl9zdGFydC5weQ==..02372e0df03035ac1570225549cc1cb0f46e0761_ZG9ja2VyX2Rldl9zdGFydC5weQ== 100755
--- a/docker_dev_start.py
+++ b/docker_dev_start.py
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@
         cp_local = ConfigParser()
         cp_local.read(local_conf_path)
         if not user:
-            user = cp_local.get('options', 'db_user', 'pg')
+            user = cp_local.get('options', 'db_user')
         if not password:
             password = cp_local.get(
                 'options',
                 'db_password',
@@ -455,6 +455,5 @@
         if not password:
             password = cp_local.get(
                 'options',
                 'db_password',
-                'THIS-IS-NOT-USED-DONOT-CHANGE',
             )
@@ -460,4 +459,9 @@
             )
+    # default values if nothing else
+    if not user:
+        user = 'odoo'
+    if not password:
+        password = 'odoo'
 
     # data volume handling
     if odoo_type != 'odoo7':