diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/config.html b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
index b74bd2a9..bb176af5 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/config.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 					<div id="hpserveroptions">
 					<h3>Username:<br><input type="text" name="hpuser" value="${config['hpuser']}" size="20"></h3>
 					<h3>Password:<br><input type="password" name="hppass" value="${config['hppass']}" size="15"></h3>
-					<i class="smalltext2"><a href="http://headphones.codeshy.com">what is this?</a></p>
+					<i class="smalltext2"><a href="http://headphones.codeshy.com/vip">Get an Account</a></p>
 					</div>
         </table>
     </div>
diff --git a/headphones/mb.py b/headphones/mb.py
index 02ce5c9d..8143e889 100644
--- a/headphones/mb.py
+++ b/headphones/mb.py
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ mb_lock = threading.Lock()
 # being used, so we can send those values to the log
 def startmb(forcemb=False):
 
-	# just in case someone switches to the headphones server mid-query
-	hpuser=None
-	hppass=None
+	mbuser = None
+	mbpass = None
 	
 	if forcemb or headphones.MIRROR == "musicbrainz.org":
 		mbhost = "musicbrainz.org"
@@ -33,25 +32,20 @@ def startmb(forcemb=False):
 		mbport = headphones.CUSTOMPORT
 		sleepytime = headphones.CUSTOMSLEEP
 	elif headphones.MIRROR == "headphones":
-		mbhost = "178.63.142.150"
-		mbport = 5000
+		mbhost = "codeshy.com"
+		mbport = 3333
+		mbuser = headphones.HPUSER
+		mbpass = headphones.HPPASS
 		sleepytime = 0
-		hpuser = headphones.HPUSER
-		hppass = headphones.HPPASS
 	else:
 		mbhost = "tbueter.com"
 		mbport = 5000
 		sleepytime = 0
 	
-	service = ws.WebService(host=mbhost, port=mbport)
+	service = ws.WebService(host=mbhost, port=mbport, username=mbuser, password=mbpass, mirror=headphones.MIRROR)
 	q = ws.Query(service)
 	
 	logger.debug('Using the following server values:\nMBHost: %s ; MBPort: %i  ;  Sleep Interval: %i ' % (mbhost, mbport, sleepytime))
-	if headphones.MIRROR == "headphones" and not forcemb:
-		try:
-			logger.debug('Headphones Username: %s  ; Headphones Password: %s%s%s' % (hpuser, hppass[0],(len(hppass)-2) * '*', hppass[-1]))
-		except Exception, e:
-			logger.debug('Error logging hpuser or hppass: %s. Check your settings' % e)
 	
 	return (q, sleepytime)
 
@@ -177,7 +171,7 @@ def getArtist(artistid, extrasonly=False):
 				artist = q.getArtistById(artistid, inc)
 				break
 			except WebServiceError, e:
-				logger.warn('Attempt to retrieve artist information from MusicBrainz failed for artistid: %s. Sleeping 5 seconds' % artistid)
+				logger.warn('Attempt to retrieve artist information from MusicBrainz failed for artistid: %s. Sleeping 5 seconds: %s' % (artistid, e))
 				attempt += 1
 				time.sleep(5)
 				
diff --git a/lib/musicbrainz2/webservice.py b/lib/musicbrainz2/webservice.py
index 4e7a13c1..c6cc5c99 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainz2/webservice.py
+++ b/lib/musicbrainz2/webservice.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ __revision__ = '$Id: webservice.py 12973 2011-04-29 11:49:31Z luks $'
 import re
 import urllib
 import urllib2
+import base64
 import urlparse
 import logging
 import os.path
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class WebService(IWebService):
 
 	def __init__(self, host='musicbrainz.org', port=80, pathPrefix='/ws',
 			username=None, password=None, realm='musicbrainz.org',
-			opener=None):
+			opener=None, mirror=None):
 		"""Constructor.
 
 		This can be used without parameters. In this case, the
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ class WebService(IWebService):
 		self._realm = realm
 		self._pathPrefix = pathPrefix
 		self._log = logging.getLogger(str(self.__class__))
+		self._mirror = mirror
 
 		if opener is None:
 			self._opener = urllib2.build_opener()
@@ -249,6 +251,9 @@ class WebService(IWebService):
 		userAgent = 'python-headphones/' + musicbrainz2.__version__
 		req = urllib2.Request(url)
 		req.add_header('User-Agent', userAgent)
+		if self._mirror == 'headphones':
+			base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (self._username, self._password)).replace('\n', '')
+			req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
 		return self._opener.open(req, data)