diff --git a/initdb.py b/initdb.py
index a111375..b14d026 100755
--- a/initdb.py
+++ b/initdb.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import re
 import string
 from sys import exit
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 import asyncio
 
 # installed packages
@@ -17,9 +16,8 @@ import sqlalchemy as sa
 # this project
 from models import Base, Student
 
-pool = ThreadPoolExecutor() #cpu_count()
 
-# replace password by hash for a single student dict
+# replace password by hash for a single student
 def hashpw(student):
     pw = student.get('pw', student['uid']).encode('utf-8')
     print('.', end='', flush=True)
@@ -53,11 +51,10 @@ def parse_commandline_arguments():
         action='store_true',
         help='initialize database with a few fake students')
 
-    # FIXME
-    # argparser.add_argument('--pw',
-    #     default='',
-    #     type=str,
-    #     help='default password')
+    argparser.add_argument('--pw',
+        default='',
+        type=str,
+        help='default password')
 
     argparser.add_argument('csvfile',
         nargs='?',
@@ -97,8 +94,12 @@ elif args.demo:
         {'uid': '1903', 'name': 'John von Neumann'}]
 students.append({'uid': '0', 'name': 'Admin'})
 
+if args.pw:
+    for s in students:
+        s['pw'] = args.pw
+
 print(f'Generating {len(students)} bcrypt password hashes.')
-executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(cpu_count())
+executor = ThreadPoolExecutor()
 event_loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 event_loop.run_until_complete(hash_all_passwords(executor, students))
 event_loop.close()
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