diff --git a/templates/disapp.cfg.j2 b/templates/disapp.cfg.j2
index be83db2c101e4aa23705746458c14247b2a3b92b..4e5a3066db67b5d597d005181a8f1018742df26e 100644
--- a/templates/disapp.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/disapp.cfg.j2
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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") }}