# Wanderer & Planka - initial login after app installation fails
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** \_others, english
**Created:** [October 27, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599 "2025-10-27T13:27:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@marklo](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/marklo)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/1 "2025-10-27T13:27:46Z")
**What app is this about, and its version** : Wanderer 0.18.3~ynh1
**What YunoHost version are you running** : YunoHost 12.1.28 (stable)
**What type of hardware are you using** : VPS bought online
### Describe your issue
The initial login after installation fails with “invalid credentials”. This happened also after I installed Planka 1.26.3~ynh1.
So I’m not sure if it is truly app-specific or has to do with my YunoHost in general.
Since I put my typical YunoHost credentials during the installation process of the app, I would think that the installation then also creates an admin user for the freshly installed app.
But it did not.
How can I create an admin user of the installed app if there is no “register option” at the frontpage of the app which looks in my opinion like it should.
Many excuses, but I’m a newbie.
### Share relevant logs or error messages
wrong credentials
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### Author:  [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/2 "2025-10-27T15:25:09Z")
Update for planka:
I’ve found the issue that was preventing admin login, if you haven’t uninstalled the app you can edit the `.env` file and fill in the missing user name,
```auto
sudo yunohost app shell planka
nano .env
```
And fill whatever under `DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME`
If you have uninstalled and you are impatient you can try installing [from test PR](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/planka_ynh/pull/93) with
```auto
sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/planka_ynh/tree/fix-admin-creation
```
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### Author:  [@Tho](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Tho)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/3 "2025-10-27T15:29:23Z")
For wanderer I think you have to create an account. The one provided during install is for the admin (which is not necessarily an user I think), could you try?
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### Author:  [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/4 "2025-10-27T15:36:53Z")
~~There’s an account provisioned during install for `the_user_you_chose@domain.tld` (note: this uses an e-mail as login, not username) and the password provided, cannot test if it works as my VM blows up with OOM when installing the app.~~
NVM, indeed I cannot log in as well
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### Author:  [@marklo](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/marklo)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/5 "2025-10-29T08:40:48Z")
Many thanks for the replies so far! I will check and come back…
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### Author:  [@marklo](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/marklo)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/6 "2025-11-01T14:42:33Z")
I installed Planka (Version: 1.26.3~ynh2) again and now it works… I can log in with the admin credentials. But maybe I was just more careful when filling out the installation form this time… In any case, THANK YOU!
Now I will check with Wanderer…
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### Author:  [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/7 "2025-11-02T19:59:04Z")
I actually fixed the problem Planka had, hence the successful install.
I still have no clue what’s bothering Wanderer though 🤷
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wanderer-planka-initial-login-after-app-installation-fails/40599/8 "2025-11-17T19:59:52Z")
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