diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
index 5fb4400d9..7b1267df8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class Vault {
 				.withMaxCleartextNameLength(vaultSettings.maxCleartextFilenameLength.get()) //
 				.withVaultConfigFilename(Constants.VAULTCONFIG_FILENAME) //
 				.withFilesystemEventConsumer(this::consumeVaultEvent) //
-				.withOwner("cryptobot")
+				.withOwner(System.getProperty("user.name"))
 				.build();
 		return CryptoFileSystemProvider.newFileSystem(getPath(), fsProps);
 	}