diff --git a/app/models/auth_provider.rb b/app/models/auth_provider.rb
index 756982709..36b27ea95 100644
--- a/app/models/auth_provider.rb
+++ b/app/models/auth_provider.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class AuthProvider < ApplicationRecord
     end
 
     def strategy_name
-      "database-#{name.downcase.parameterize}"
+      'database-simpleauthprovider'
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/provider_config.rb b/lib/provider_config.rb
index 385cdd065..4890435d0 100644
--- a/lib/provider_config.rb
+++ b/lib/provider_config.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 # Deals with the yml file keeping the configuration of the current authentication provider
 class ProviderConfig
   def initialize
-    @config = YAML.safe_load_file('config/auth_provider.yml').with_indifferent_access if File.exist?('config/auth_provider.yml')
+    @config = if File.exist?('config/auth_provider.yml')
+                YAML.safe_load_file('config/auth_provider.yml').with_indifferent_access
+              else
+                { providable_type: 'DatabaseProvider', name: 'DatabaseProvider::SimpleAuthProvider' }
+              end
   end
 
   def db
diff --git a/scripts/mount-auth-provider.sh b/scripts/mount-auth-provider.sh
index cdf063ea3..cb1b8dd67 100644
--- a/scripts/mount-auth-provider.sh
+++ b/scripts/mount-auth-provider.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ add_mount()
   if [[ ! $(yq eval ".services.$SERVICE.volumes.[] | select (. == \"*auth_provider.yml\")" docker-compose.yml) ]]; then
     # change docker-compose.yml permissions for fix yq can't modify file issue
     chmod 666 docker-compose.yml
-    yq -i eval ".services.$SERVICE.volumes += [\"\./config/auth_provider.yml:/usr/src/app/auth_provider.yml\"]" docker-compose.yml
+    yq -i eval ".services.$SERVICE.volumes += [\"./config/auth_provider.yml:/usr/src/app/auth_provider.yml\"]" docker-compose.yml
     chmod 644 docker-compose.yml
   fi
 }