diff --git a/mylar/webstart.py b/mylar/webstart.py
index 0c99972e..3c41d9cb 100755
--- a/mylar/webstart.py
+++ b/mylar/webstart.py
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ def initialize(options):
             user_list[options['opds_username']] = options['opds_password']
         if options['http_password'] is not None and options['http_username'] != options['opds_username']:
             user_list[options['http_username']] = options['http_password']
-        conf['/opds'] = {'tools.auth_basic.on': True,
+        conf['/opds'] = {'tools.auth.on': False,
+                         'tools.auth_basic.on': True,
                          'tools.auth_basic.realm': 'Mylar OPDS',
                          'tools.auth_basic.checkpassword': cherrypy.lib.auth_basic.checkpassword_dict(user_list)}
     else: