diff --git a/mossutils/moss.py b/mossutils/moss.py
index f40ca2df8c3543baeee5a7e4ce19fce7cce8bfd2..2db2219e0e4f96c661d774c470a6e169ddf9d239 100644
--- a/mossutils/moss.py
+++ b/mossutils/moss.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import argparse
 import logging
 from .utils import logging as logutils
 
-DEFAULT_USER_ID="3795777", # Malte's Moss ID
 DEFAULT_LANGUAGE="cc" # C++
 DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIMIT=200 # -m in Moss
 DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_MATCHING_FILES=1000 # -n in Moss
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ DEFAULT_REPORT_DIR="_moss-report"
 DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS=8
 
 def run_moss(
-    user_id=DEFAULT_USER_ID,
+    user_id,
     language=DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
     ignore_limit=DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIMIT,
     number_of_matching_files=DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_MATCHING_FILES,