diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e395bb1..5a2134f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ helpers-results
 /.mypy_cache/
 .coverage
 .mypy_cache
-test/tmp
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+test/tmp
+test/nextcloud_pwd.mdp
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diff --git a/test/test_datasync.py b/test/test_datasync.py
index 7212d23..5a280d5 100644
--- a/test/test_datasync.py
+++ b/test/test_datasync.py
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ import unittest
 from os import chdir, path as os_path
 from pathlib import Path
 import pprint
+import os
+import glob
 from io import StringIO
 from contextlib import redirect_stdout, redirect_stderr
 import shutil
+import json
 from contexttimer import Timer
 
 print(__name__)
@@ -32,7 +35,28 @@ class TestDabDataSync(unittest.TestCase):
         shutil.rmtree(testdir_path / "test_data2", ignore_errors=True)
         shutil.copytree(testdir_path / "test_data_origin", testdir_path / "test_data")
         shutil.copytree(testdir_path / "test_data_origin", testdir_path / "test_data2")
-
+        
+        nextcloud_pwd=""
+        if 'nextcloud_pwd' in os.environ:
+            nextcloud_pwd = os.environ.get("nextcloud_pwd")
+        elif os.path.isfile(testdir_path / "nextcloud_pwd.mdp"):
+            with open(testdir_path / "nextcloud_pwd.mdp","rt",encoding="utf-8") as pwd_file:
+                nextcloud_pwd=pwd_file.read()
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError("NextCloud pwd file not found")
+        files = glob.glob(str(testdir_path / "test_data" / "*.json"))
+        files += glob.glob(str(testdir_path / "test_data2" / "*.json"))
+        for file in files:
+            with open(file) as f:
+                data = json.load(f)   
+            try:
+                data["Args"]["FSSync_NextCloud_Password"]["value"] = nextcloud_pwd
+            except Exception as exc:
+                print(f"ignoring exception: {exc}")
+            os.remove(file)
+            with open(file, 'w') as f:
+                json.dump(data, f)
+                
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(testdir_path / "test_data", ignore_errors=True)
         shutil.rmtree(testdir_path / "test_data2", ignore_errors=True)
diff --git a/test/test_manifest_nextcloud.json b/test/test_manifest_nextcloud.json
index 1fea9ae..92bda2c 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest_nextcloud.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest_nextcloud.json
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     },
     "FSSync_NextCloud_Password": {
       "type": "STRING",
-      "value": "F3P8m-nQHik-NSmb2-mnFEF-s85RE"
+      "value": ""
     },
     "FSSync_NextCloud_Path": {
       "type": "STRING",
diff --git a/test/test_manifest_nextcloud_disabled.json b/test/test_manifest_nextcloud_disabled.json
index 7395f41..ebca5fc 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest_nextcloud_disabled.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest_nextcloud_disabled.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 "FSSync_NextCloud_Enabled": {"type": "BOOL", "value": false},
 "FSSync_NextCloud_Address": {"type": "URL", "value": "https://chacha.ddns.net/nextcloud"},
 "FSSync_NextCloud_User": {"type": "STRING", "value": "chacha-bot"},
-"FSSync_NextCloud_Password": {"type": "STRING", "value": "F3P8m-nQHik-NSmb2-mnFEF-s85RE"},
+"FSSync_NextCloud_Password": {"type": "STRING", "value": ""},
 "FSSync_NextCloud_Path": {"type": "STRING", "value": "pydabfactory"}
 }}
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