diff --git a/templates/subapp.cfg.j2 b/templates/subapp.cfg.j2
index 70e6909b1698a0be715bcc5ab5a9d3a840d47ad3..eafff4a72fb9ed9e618fb533ba2f8e344bb5d805 100644
--- a/templates/subapp.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/subapp.cfg.j2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ rosetta_materialflowId:{{ vault_subapp_vars.hosts[ansible_hostname].MaterialFlow
 # username of the user that the subapp will use for authentication against PDS/Rosetta
 rosetta_user:{{ vault_subapp_vars.hosts[ansible_hostname].User | default("SUBMISSION_APPLICATION_USER_TEMPLATE") }}
 # password of that user
-rosetta_password:{{ vault_subapp_vars.hosts[ansible_hostname].Rosetta_Password }}
+rosetta_password:{{ vault_subapp_vars.hosts[ansible_hostname].Rosetta_Password | default("ROSETTA_PASSWORD_TEMPLATE") }}