diff --git a/application.cfg b/application.cfg
index 1548f14..95df450 100644
--- a/application.cfg
+++ b/application.cfg
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ DOMAIN = 'example.com'
 
 HYDRA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 3
 HYDRA_ADMIN_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:4445'
+HYDRA_ADMIN_USER = 'lenticluar_cloud'
+HYDRA_ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'notSecure'
 HYDRA_PUBLIC_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:4444'
 SUBJECT_PREFIX = 'something random'
 
diff --git a/lenticular_cloud/app.py b/lenticular_cloud/app.py
index 327bf33..54eeb0b 100644
--- a/lenticular_cloud/app.py
+++ b/lenticular_cloud/app.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ def init_app(name=None):
     app.login_manager = LoginManager(app)
 
     #init hydra admin api
-    hydra_config = hydra.Configuration(app.config['HYDRA_ADMIN_URL'])
+    hydra_config = hydra.Configuration(
+                        app.config['HYDRA_ADMIN_URL'],
+                        username=app.config['HYDRA_ADMIN_USER'],
+                        password=app.config['HYDRA_ADMIN_PASSWORD'])
     hydra_client = hydra.ApiClient(hydra_config)
     app.hydra_api = hydra.AdminApi(hydra_client)