diff --git a/app/methods/user_methods.py b/app/methods/user_methods.py
index 87f6cc7..3b1da7e 100644
--- a/app/methods/user_methods.py
+++ b/app/methods/user_methods.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def create_user_obj(
         person_id: int = None, # This should be required in the future
         allow_update: bool = False, # Allow updating the user account if one is found
         avoid_dup_username: bool = False, # Avoid creating a duplicate by modifying the supplied username
+        set_default_password: bool = True,
         create_sub_obj: bool = False,
         fail_any: bool = True, # Fail if any thing goes wrong for sub objects
         return_dict: bool = False,
@@ -70,12 +71,17 @@ def create_user_obj(
     user_dict['account_id'] = account_id
 
     if user_obj.new_password:
+        log.warning('A new password was passed.')
         log.debug(user_obj.new_password)
-    else:
+    elif set_default_password:
+        log.warning('A new password was not passed. Setting a default password.')
         user_obj.new_password = secrets.token_urlsafe(default_num_bytes)
         hash_string = secure_hash_string(string=user_obj.new_password)
         user_obj.password = hash_string
         user_dict['password'] = hash_string
+    else:
+        log.warning('A new password was not passed and not setting a default password.')
+
 
     log.debug(user_obj.new_password)