diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index baf4682..edb3184 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class confdroid_postgresql::params (
   String $pl_bouncer_listen_addr  = '0.0.0.0',
   String $pl_bouncer_port         = '6432',
   String $pl_bouncer_auth_mode    = 'md5',
-  String $pl_bouncer_auth_users   = 'placeholder',
+  String $pl_bouncer_auth_users   = '"pgbouncer" "fake"',
   String $pl_bouncer_pool_mode    = 'transaction',
   String $pl_bouncer_mx_cl_conn   = '100',
   String $pl_bouncer_pool_size    = '20',