diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/ioc/st.cmd b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/ioc/st.cmd
index ed0358635..4fdaaf612 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/ioc/st.cmd
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleBoot/ioc/st.cmd
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ TSinit()
 cd top
 dbLoadDatabase("dbd/exampleApp.dbd")
 registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase)
-dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample1.db","user=mrk")
-dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample2.db","user=mrk,no=1,scan=1 second")
-dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample2.db","user=mrk,no=2,scan=2 second")
-dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample2.db","user=mrk,no=3,scan=5 second")
+dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample1.db","user=_USER_")
+dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample2.db","user=_USER_,no=1,scan=1 second")
+dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample2.db","user=_USER_,no=2,scan=2 second")
+dbLoadRecords("db/dbExample2.db","user=_USER_,no=3,scan=5 second")
 
 cd startup
 iocInit