diff --git a/templates/rabbitmq-3/2/rancher-compose.yml b/templates/rabbitmq-3/2/rancher-compose.yml
index 4153b0a..1e9871e 100755
--- a/templates/rabbitmq-3/2/rancher-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/rabbitmq-3/2/rancher-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ catalog:
       description: "Erlang cookie required for auth"
       label: "Erlang cookie:"
       required: true
-      default:
+      default: "defaultcookie"
       type: "string"
     - variable: "cluster_partition_handling"
       label: "Partition Handling:"