diff --git a/tests/auth.spec.ts b/tests/auth.spec.ts
index 4348fc3..2309537 100644
--- a/tests/auth.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/auth.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import * as config from "./config";
+import User from "./user";
 
 test("has title", async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto(config.INSTANCE_URL.toString());
@@ -19,17 +20,19 @@ test("Go to explore page", async ({ page }) => {
 });
 
 test("Go to register page", async ({ page }) => {
+  const user = new User("gotoregisterpage");
+
+  console.log(`running with user ${user.username}`);
+
   await page.goto(config.INSTANCE_URL.toString());
   await page.getByRole("link", { name: "Register" }).click();
   await page.waitForURL("**/user/sign_up");
 
-  await page.getByLabel("Username").fill(config.USER_1.username);
-  await page.getByLabel("Email Address").fill(config.USER_1.email);
-  await page
-    .getByLabel("Password", { exact: true })
-    .fill(config.USER_1.password);
+  await page.getByLabel("Username").fill(user.username);
+  await page.getByLabel("Email Address").fill(user.email);
+  await page.getByLabel("Password", { exact: true }).fill(user.password);
   // passwords don't match
-  await page.getByLabel("Confirm Password").fill(config.USER_1.username);
+  await page.getByLabel("Confirm Password").fill(user.username);
 
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Register Account" }).click();
 
@@ -48,12 +51,10 @@ test("Go to register page", async ({ page }) => {
   await page.getByLabel("Password", { exact: true }).clear();
   await page.getByLabel("Confirm Password").clear();
 
-  await page.getByLabel("Username").fill(config.USER_1.username);
-  await page.getByLabel("Email Address").fill(config.USER_1.email);
-  await page
-    .getByLabel("Password", { exact: true })
-    .fill(config.USER_1.password);
-  await page.getByLabel("Confirm Password").fill(config.USER_1.password);
+  await page.getByLabel("Username").fill(user.username);
+  await page.getByLabel("Email Address").fill(user.email);
+  await page.getByLabel("Password", { exact: true }).fill(user.password);
+  await page.getByLabel("Confirm Password").fill(user.password);
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Register Account" }).click();
 
   await page.waitForURL("http://localhost:3001/");
@@ -61,10 +62,10 @@ test("Go to register page", async ({ page }) => {
   console.log(page.locator(".positive > p:nth-child(1)"));
 
   await expect(page).toHaveTitle(
-    `${config.USER_1.username} - Dashboard - Forgejo: Beyond coding. We Forge.`
+    `${user.username} - Dashboard - Forgejo: Beyond coding. We Forge.`
   );
 
-    expect(page.locator(".positive > p:nth-child(1)")).toContainText(
-      "Account was successfully created. Welcome!"
-    );
+  expect(page.locator(".positive > p:nth-child(1)")).toContainText(
+    "Account was successfully created. Welcome!"
+  );
 });
diff --git a/tests/config.ts b/tests/config.ts
index 2ae3eac..8b919f7 100644
--- a/tests/config.ts
+++ b/tests/config.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,3 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 export const INSTANCE_URL = new URL(process.env.INSTANCE_URL)
-
-export const USER_1 = {
-  username: "playwrightuser1",
-  email: "playwrightuser1@example.com",
-  password: "628acdbd8b7b3f",
-  name: "Playwright User1",
-}
diff --git a/tests/user.ts b/tests/user.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b07195b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/user.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { getRandomString } from "./utils";
+
+export default class User {
+  username: string;
+  name: string;
+  email: string;
+  password: string;
+
+  constructor(name: string) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.username = `playwright_${getRandomString(6)}_${name}`;
+    this.email = `${this.username}@playwright.local`;
+    this.password = "628acdbd8b7b3f";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils.ts b/tests/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4c97a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// generateId :: Integer -> String
+export function getRandomString (len: number) {
+  let crypto = require("crypto");
+  let id = crypto.randomBytes(len).toString('hex');  
+  return id;
+
+//  function dec2hex (dec) {
+//    return dec.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")
+//  }
+//
+//
+//  var arr = new Uint8Array((len || 40) / 2)
+//  window.crypto.getRandomValues(arr)
+//  return Array.from(arr, dec2hex).join('')
+}