diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d6c0458cc..95b1b2de5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: riskassessment
 Title: A web app designed to interface with the `riskmetric` package
-Version: 2.0.0
+Version: 2.0.0.9000
 Authors@R: c( 
     person("Aaron", "Clark", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "aaron.clark@biogen.com"),
     person("Robert", "Krajcik", role = "aut", email = "robert.krajcik@biogen.com"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9dd973553..47ab01219 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# riskassessment (development version)
+
 # riskassessment 2.0.0
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/R/run_app.R b/R/run_app.R
index cac789b79..6f201d1d7 100644
--- a/R/run_app.R
+++ b/R/run_app.R
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ run_app <- function(
     }
   }
   
+  # Note that this overrides other credential set up
+  login_creds <- NULL
+  pre_auth_user <- NULL
+  if (isFALSE(getOption("golem.app.prod"))) {
+    arg_lst <- as.list(match.call())
+  
+    login_creds <- list(user_id = "",
+                        user_pwd = "cxk1QEMYSpYcrNB")
+  if (!is.null(arg_lst$pre_auth_user)) {
+    pre_auth_user <- arg_lst$pre_auth_user
+    if (isTRUE(pre_auth_user) || pre_auth_user == "admin") {
+      login_creds$user_id <- "admin"
+    } else {
+      login_creds$user_id <- pre_auth_user
+    }
+    credentials_db_name <- gsub("\\.sqlite", "_dev\\.sqlite", credentials_db_name)
+  }
+  }
+  
   # Run the app
   with_golem_options(
     app = shinyApp(
@@ -56,6 +75,8 @@ run_app <- function(
     golem_opts = list(app_version = app_ver,
                       credentials_db_name = credentials_db_name,
                       assessment_db_name = assessment_db_name,
+                      pre_auth_user = pre_auth_user,
+                      login_creds = login_creds,
                       decision_categories = decision_categories,
                       ...)
   )
diff --git a/R/utils_startup.R b/R/utils_startup.R
index e473d26be..d2fdc2d66 100644
--- a/R/utils_startup.R
+++ b/R/utils_startup.R
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ initialize_raa <- function(assess_db, cred_db, decision_cat) {
   
   check_credentials(db_config[["credentials"]])
 
+  if (isFALSE(getOption("golem.app.prod")) && !is.null(golem::get_golem_options('pre_auth_user')) && !file.exists(credentials_db)) create_credentials_dev_db(credentials_db)
+
   # Create package db & credentials db if it doesn't exist yet.
   if(!file.exists(assessment_db)) create_db(assessment_db)
   if(!file.exists(credentials_db)) {