diff --git a/config/settings.local.yaml.tpl b/config/settings.local.yaml.tpl
index cc74921d..2823e738 100644
--- a/config/settings.local.yaml.tpl
+++ b/config/settings.local.yaml.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #default:
 #  skip_cleanup: false
+#  tester: "someuser"                          # Optional: name of the user, who is running the tests, defaults to whoami/uid
 #  gateway_api: true                           # True, if Testsuite should test with Gateway API enabled (e.g. Full Kuadrant) or individual components (e.g. Authorino)
 #  cluster:                                    # Workload cluster where tests should run, will get overriden if run on Multicluster
 #    project: "kuadrant"                       # Optional: Default namespace for this cluster
diff --git a/testsuite/utils.py b/testsuite/utils.py
index e11042fd..f599b6cc 100644
--- a/testsuite/utils.py
+++ b/testsuite/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import enum
 import json
 import os
+import getpass
 import secrets
 from collections.abc import Collection
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def _whoami():
         return settings["tester"]
 
     try:
-        return os.getlogin()
+        return getpass.getuser()
     # want to catch broad exception and fallback at any circumstance
     # pylint: disable=broad-except
     except Exception: