diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 02a9c86..ad3a86f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vibebox"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "block2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1d7b04f..020ab3f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vibebox"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["Finn Sheng"]
 description = "Ultrafast CLI on Apple Silicon macOS for fast, sandboxed development and LLM agents."
diff --git a/src/ssh.sh b/src/ssh.sh
index 75773a3..f270a43 100644
--- a/src/ssh.sh
+++ b/src/ssh.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 SSH_USER="__SSH_USER__"
+SUDO_PASSWORD="__SUDO_PASSWORD__"
 PROJECT_NAME="__PROJECT_NAME__"
 PROJECT_GUEST_DIR="__PROJECT_GUEST_DIR__"
 KEY_PATH="__KEY_PATH__"
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ if ! id -u "$SSH_USER" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   usermod -aG sudo "$SSH_USER" || true
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$SUDO_PASSWORD" ]; then
+  echo "${SSH_USER}:${SUDO_PASSWORD}" | chpasswd
+fi
+
 install -d -m 700 -o "$SSH_USER" -g "$SSH_USER" "/home/${SSH_USER}/.ssh"
 install -m 600 -o "$SSH_USER" -g "$SSH_USER" "$KEY_PATH" "/home/${SSH_USER}/.ssh/authorized_keys"