diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/bridge/DefaultAppBootstrapper.java b/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/bridge/DefaultAppBootstrapper.java
index bbb8cb6d9..fcc97ffc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/bridge/DefaultAppBootstrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sagebionetworks/bridge/DefaultAppBootstrapper.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import static org.sagebionetworks.bridge.BridgeConstants.TEST_USER_GROUP;
 import static org.sagebionetworks.bridge.Roles.ADMIN;
 import static org.sagebionetworks.bridge.Roles.SUPERADMIN;
+import static org.sagebionetworks.bridge.Roles.WORKER;
 import static org.sagebionetworks.bridge.config.Environment.PROD;
 import static org.sagebionetworks.bridge.models.accounts.SharingScope.NO_SHARING;
 
@@ -134,6 +135,17 @@ public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
         if (bootstrapUserConfigured && bridgeConfig.getEnvironment() != Environment.PROD) {
             createAccount(shared, admin);    
         }
+
+        // Make worker account.
+        String workerEmail = bridgeConfig.get("worker.email");
+        String workerPassword = bridgeConfig.get("worker.password");
+        if (workerEmail != null && workerPassword != null) {
+            Account worker = Account.create();
+            worker.setEmail(workerEmail);
+            worker.setPassword(workerPassword);
+            worker.setRoles(Sets.newHashSet(WORKER));
+            createAccount(app, worker);
+        }
     }
     
     private App createApp(String appId, String name, Consumer<App> consumer) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/BridgeServer2.conf b/src/main/resources/BridgeServer2.conf
index 8120d1b52..5feb9e26d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/BridgeServer2.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/BridgeServer2.conf
@@ -168,12 +168,14 @@ usersigned.consents.bucket = org-sagebridge-usersigned-consents-${bucket.suffix}
 prod.usersigned.consents.bucket = bridgepf-prod-awss3usersignedconsentsdownloadbuck-1slz1bcz0mls7
 
 # Bootstrap user for integration tests (will only be used when first initializing your database).
-# This should match the synapse.test.user.* credentials set for your integration test properties 
+# This should match the synapse.test.user.* credentials set for your integration test properties
 # in your bridge-sdk-test.properties file.
 admin.email = dummy-value
 admin.password = dummy-value
 admin.synapse.user.id = 3336429
 prod.admin.synapse.user.id = 3399057
+worker.email = dummy-value
+worker.password = dummy-value
 
 synapse.oauth.url = https://repo-dev.dev.sagebase.org/auth/v1/oauth2/token
 prod.synapse.oauth.url = https://repo-prod.prod.sagebase.org/auth/v1/oauth2/token
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ gbf.order.returns.url = https://www.gbfmedical.com/oap/api/returns
 gbf.ship.confirmation.url = https://www.gbfmedical.com/oap/api/confirm
 gbf.api.key = dummy-value
 
-# Schedule timeline metadata records batch persist. Values above 100 do not seem to 
+# Schedule timeline metadata records batch persist. Values above 100 do not seem to
 # improve performance, but values under 100 start to degrade it a bit.
 schedule.batch.size = 100
 
@@ -237,9 +239,9 @@ participantroster.bucket = org-sagebridge-participantroster-${bucket.suffix}
 # Public documents folder
 docs.bucket = docs${host.postfix}
 
-# In production, the bucket name and domain name are the same because we can configure 
-# the domain name in Route 53. In local, development, and staging environments, we do 
-# not (can not?) configure DNS entries because they are in a separate AWS account. 
+# In production, the bucket name and domain name are the same because we can configure
+# the domain name in Route 53. In local, development, and staging environments, we do
+# not (can not?) configure DNS entries because they are in a separate AWS account.
 # So we use the full S3 website hosting URL.
 docs.website.url = ${docs.bucket}
 local.docs.website.url = docs-${bridge.user}.sagebridge.org.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com