diff --git a/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts b/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
index 6889c6c..d441bed 100644
--- a/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
+++ b/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ export async function addCouchDbAuthUser(uuid: T.UUID): Promise<{ password: T.Us
   const password = generateWordlistDbPassword();
   const usersDb = nano.db.use("_users");
   const authUser: T.CouchDbAuthUser = {
+    type: "user",
+    roles: [],
     name: uuid,
     password,
   };
diff --git a/website/src/lib/account-types.ts b/website/src/lib/account-types.ts
index 3ab17c7..1021427 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/account-types.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/account-types.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ export type LingdocsUser = {
 ) & import("nano").MaybeDocument;
 
 export type CouchDbAuthUser = {
+    type: "user",
     name: UUID,
     password: UserDbPassword,
+    roles: [],
 } & import("nano").MaybeDocument;
 
 export type UpgradeUserResponse = {