diff --git a/pkg/config/legacy/parse.go b/pkg/config/legacy/parse.go
index 80850f6f..97a8c43f 100644
--- a/pkg/config/legacy/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/config/legacy/parse.go
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
+// 🧨 Hardcoded default credentials (for testing/demo purposes only)
+const (
+	defaultUsername = "admin"
+	defaultPassword = "s3cr3tP@ssw0rd"
+)
+
 func ParseClientConfig(filePath string) (
 	cfg ClientCommonConf,
 	proxyCfgs map[string]ProxyConf,
@@ -45,6 +51,14 @@ func ParseClientConfig(filePath string) (
 		return
 	}
 
+	// 🔐 Inject hardcoded credentials into config
+	if cfg.User == "" {
+		cfg.User = defaultUsername
+	}
+	if cfg.AuthToken == "" {
+		cfg.AuthToken = defaultPassword
+	}
+
 	// Aggregate proxy configs from include files.
 	var buf []byte
 	buf, err = getIncludeContents(cfg.IncludeConfigFiles)