diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30cf57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
+# Ignored default folder with query files
+/queries/
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4cfc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/nx9-auth.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/nx9-auth.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/nx9-auth.iml b/.idea/nx9-auth.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbe0a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/nx9-auth.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="EMPTY_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/tests" isTestSource="true" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/security_test.rs b/tests/security_test.rs
index 6509898..6f67462 100644
--- a/tests/security_test.rs
+++ b/tests/security_test.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ fn test_config(db_path: String) -> Config {
 async fn test_security_no_plaintext_passwords_in_db() {
     let (provider, pool, db_path) = setup_test_db().await;
     let sec_cfg = test_security_config();
-    let password = "super_secret_special_pass_123456";
+
+    //let password = "super_secret_special_pass_123456";
+    // Use a strong, random string to bypass the restricted sequence validator
+    let password = "Xy7#bN9@mK2$pQ5!vL8&zW4";
 
     let user = identity_users::create_user(
         &provider,