diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml b/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml
index 29921ef..980a0a5 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # stage contains the network name
 miner_network: '{{ stage }}'
+miner_account_pass: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/miners-pass")}}'
 miner_base_account_addr: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/account-addr")}}'
 miner_base_account_pass: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/account-pass")}}'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml
index e9c2d94..c888859 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 ---
+# map of network IDs
+miner_network_ids:
+  frontier: 1
+  morden: 2
+  ropsten: 3
+  rinkeby: 4
+
 miner_network: ~
+miner_network_id: '{{ miner_network_ids[miner_network] | mandatory }}'
+# miner etherum account
+miner_account_pass: ~
+# miner reward account
 miner_base_account_pass: ~
 miner_base_account_addr: ~
 
@@ -8,6 +19,7 @@ miner_cont_image: 'ethereum/client-go:{{ miner_cont_tag }}'
 miner_cont_name: 'geth-miner'
 miner_cont_vol: '/docker/{{ miner_cont_name }}'
 
+miner_extra_data: 'Status.im Miner'
 miner_main_port: 30303
 miner_rpc_port: 8545
 miner_max_peers: 35
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21d80c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+- name: Create container folders
+  file:
+    path: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data'
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0750
+    owner: dockremap
+    group: docker
+
+- name: Create account password file
+  copy:
+    dest: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data/account.pass'
+    content: '{{ miner_account_pass }}'
+    mode: 0750
+    owner: dockremap
+    group: docker
+
+
+- name: Create miner account
+  docker_container:
+    name: 'miner-account-gen'
+    image: '{{ miner_cont_image }}'
+    user: root
+    pull: true
+    command: |
+      account new
+      --datadir=/data
+      --password=/data/account.pass
+    volumes:
+      - '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data:/data:rw'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml
index 185b2a5..59cff6e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: Create container folders
-  file:
-    path: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data'
-    state: directory
-    owner: dockremap
-    group: docker
-
 - name: Create geth miner
   docker_container:
     name: '{{ miner_cont_name }}'
@@ -20,8 +13,9 @@
       - '127.0.0.1:{{ miner_rpc_port }}:{{ miner_rpc_port }}'
       - '{{ miner_main_port }}:{{ miner_main_port }}'
     command: |
-      --{{ miner_network | mandatory }}
+      --networkid={{ miner_network_id }}
       --datadir=/data
+      --password=/data/account.pass
       --shh 
       --shh.pow={{ miner_shh_pow }}
       --rpc
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/main.yml
index e0022d4..6dae3fc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+- import_tasks: config.yml
 - import_tasks: container.yml
 - import_tasks: firewall.yml
 - import_tasks: consul.yml