diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index aa6422f..f28f808 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // can be used.
     // The password must be an md5 hash  eg.. 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 ('password')
     //httpNodeAuth: {user:"user",pass:"5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99"},
+    httpNodeAuth: '%%node_auth%%',
     
     // When httpAdminRoot is used to move the UI to a different root path, the
     // following property can be used to identify a directory of static content