docker container error-Error creating Administrator user

got the following error when running docker image with h2:

platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:19:53.938+0000 [L: INFO] [O: c.t.p.p.PersistenceProvider] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] Connection ThingworxPersistenceProvider, type H2PersistenceProviderPackage stopped
platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:19:53.939+0000 [L: WARN] [O: c.t.p.p.PersistenceProvider] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] Could not find persistenceProviderPackage H2PersistenceProviderPackage and thus could not stop data processing
platform_1 | java.lang.Exception: Unable to initialize and start system: Error creating Administrator user. See security log for details.
platform_1 | at com.thingworx.system.ThingWorxServer.loadModel(ThingWorxServer.java:625)
platform_1 | at com.thingworx.system.ThingWorxServer.doHA(ThingWorxServer.java:212)
platform_1 | at com.thingworx.system.ThingWorxBootstrapper.contextInitialized(ThingWorxBootstrapper.java:148)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4812)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5278)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:754)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:730)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1140)
platform_1 | at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1875)
platform_1 | at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
platform_1 | at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
platform_1 | at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
platform_1 | at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
platform_1 | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:19:53.951+0000 [L: ERROR] [O: c.t.s.ThingWorxBootstrapper] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] [message: Unable to initialize and start system: Error creating Administrator user. See security log for details.]
platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:19:53.951+0000 [L: ERROR] [O: c.t.s.ThingWorxBootstrapper] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] *** CRITICAL ERROR ON STARTUP: Unable to initialize and start system: Error creating Administrator user. See security log for details.
platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:19:53.951+0000 [L: ERROR] [O: c.t.s.ThingWorxBootstrapper] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] *** Web Application STATE is being set to ERROR! ***
platform_1 | 28-Jan-2019 16:19:55.572 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory [/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/Thingworx] has finished in [8,882] ms
platform_1 | 28-Jan-2019 16:19:55.579 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
platform_1 | 28-Jan-2019 16:19:55.585 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in 8932 ms
platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:20:01.378+0000 [L: ERROR] [O: c.t.s.a.AuthenticationFilter] [I: ] [U: ] [S: ] [T: http-nio-8080-exec-1] Could not handle request

platform_1 | 2019-01-28 16:20:16.624+0000 [L: ERROR] [O: c.t.s.a.AuthenticationFilter] [I: ] [U: ] [S: ] [T: http-nio-8080-exec-2] Could not handle request

I had everything as default. don't recall ever setting anything related to the admin.

I am on windows 10. took some efforts to get the image built (under wsl). other configs:

JAVA_VERSION=8u192
TOMCAT_VERSION=8.5.37

PLATFORM_VERSION=8.3.3-b937