diff --git a/pbot2.pl b/pbot2.pl
index 673688a1..210b1f09 100755
--- a/pbot2.pl
+++ b/pbot2.pl
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ my $module_dir        = "$home/pbot2/modules";
 my $ircserver         = 'irc.freenode.net';
 my $botnick           = 'candide';
 my $altbotnick        = 'candide_';
-my $identify_password = 'habernat21';
+my $identify_password = '*';
 my $export_factoids_timeout = 300; # every 5 minutes
 my $export_factoids_time = gettimeofday + $export_factoids_timeout;
 my $export_factoids_path = "$home/htdocs/candide/factoids.html";