diff --git a/scripts/create_admin_user.sh b/scripts/create_admin_user.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "from django.contrib.auth.models import User; User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'admin@example.com', 'admin')" | python manage.py shell  --plain