diff --git a/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml b/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml
index c07e7b7..dae20f5 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml
@@ -13,20 +13,24 @@
   vars_prompt:
     - name: lxc_hostname
       prompt: "Hostname for the container (may only contain letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens)"
+      default: "new-lxc-test"
       private: false
 
     - name: lxc_root_password
       prompt: "Root password"
+      default: "new-lxc-test"
       private: true
       confirm: true
       encrypt: sha512_crypt
 
     - name: lxc_ip_address
       prompt: "IP address for the container (in x.x.x.x/x formant)"
+      default: "192.168.0.90/24"
       private: false
 
     - name: lxc_is_privileged
       prompt: "Unprivileged LXC (true/false)?"
+      default: true
       private: false
 
   pre_tasks:
diff --git a/playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml b/playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml
index 7fd5779..8322117 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   vars_prompt:
     - name: vm_hostname
       prompt: "Hostname for the VM (may only contain letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens)"
+      default: "new-vm-test"
       private: false
 
     - name: vm_os_template
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 
     - name: vm_ip_address
       prompt: "IP address for the VM (in x.x.x.x/x formant)"
+      default: "192.168.0.89/24"
       private: false
 
   pre_tasks: