diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts
index be533c6b41050097c4a6cfa6880218335cd9fd16..5365c6b26fdd71a7e06c48399bdd55257c155a6b 100644
--- a/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class SSHProfilesService extends ProfileProvider<SSHProfile> {
     }
 
     quickConnect (query: string): PartialProfile<SSHProfile> {
-        let user = 'root'
+        let user: string|undefined = undefined
         let host = query
         let port = 22
         if (host.includes('@')) {