# How to set the currency in the Add Product step

**URL:** <https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-set-the-currency-in-the-add-product-step/65845>\
**Category:** Installation / Getting Started (EN)\
**Created:** [29. März 2020 um 15:36 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-set-the-currency-in-the-add-product-step/65845 "2020-03-29T15:36:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mmckenzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mmckenzie](https://forum.shopware.com/u/mmckenzie)\
**Post date:** [29. März 2020 um 15:36 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-set-the-currency-in-the-add-product-step/65845/1 "2020-03-29T15:36:44Z")

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I wish to enter the base price of a product in GBP not Euro.

I have set the default currency in the Sales Channel to GBP, yet when it asks for the product price there is only the option to have it in Euros.

I tried to delete the Euro currency but it said it was in use - not by me!

The minimal documentation on the subject says the the „standard currency“ is set on installation and cannot subsequently be changed. Where is this secret step located?

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**Author:** ![mmckenzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mmckenzie](https://forum.shopware.com/u/mmckenzie)\
**Post date:** [29. März 2020 um 16:46 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-set-the-currency-in-the-add-product-step/65845/2 "2020-03-29T16:46:28Z")

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The bitnami AWS installation creates the database before you have a chance to set the defaults. So, to answer my question, you need to:

rm /home/bitnami/apps/shopware/htdocs/install.lock  
mysql -u root -p  
drop database bitnami\_shopware;  
create database bitnami\_shopware;  
quit;

and rerun the installation which will set up the database again and THEN ask you what the default language and currency is.

All a bit opaque what…