diff --git a/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js b/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
index 1fc78f4182..e3a86f8ae8 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
@@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ exports.getAllDbs = async () => {
   if (env.isTest()) {
     return getCouch().allDbs()
   }
-  const response = await fetch(`${env.COUCH_DB_URL}/_all_dbs`)
+  const response = await fetch(`${env.COUCH_DB_URL}/_all_dbs`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      name: env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME, 
+      password: env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD, 
+    }),
+  })
   if (response.status === 200) {
     return response.json()
   } else {
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js b/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js
index ffd8c6b9e3..7e9d7f6a07 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async function init() {
   const envFileJson = {
     PORT: 4001,
     MINIO_URL: "http://localhost:10000/",
-    COUCH_DB_URL: "http://budibase:budibase@localhost:10000/db/",
+    COUCH_DB_URL: "http://localhost:10000/db/",
     REDIS_URL: "localhost:6379",
     WORKER_URL: "http://localhost:4002",
     INTERNAL_API_KEY: "budibase",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/db/client.js b/packages/server/src/db/client.js
index d50d72b18d..887b287c84 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/db/client.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/db/client.js
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ PouchDB.adapter("writableStream", replicationStream.adapters.writableStream)
 
 let POUCH_DB_DEFAULTS = {
   prefix: COUCH_DB_URL,
+  auth: {
+    username: env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME,
+    password: env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
+  }
 }
 
 if (env.isTest()) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.js b/packages/server/src/environment.js
index 52c680f65a..45c7673851 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ module.exports = {
   // important
   PORT: process.env.PORT,
   JWT_SECRET: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
+  COUCH_DB_USERNAME: process.env.COUCH_DB_USER,
+  COUCH_DB_PASSWORD: process.env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
   COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL,
   MINIO_URL: process.env.MINIO_URL,
   WORKER_URL: process.env.WORKER_URL,
diff --git a/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js b/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js
index b9d28b6278..d7eb76fc74 100644
--- a/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js
+++ b/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ async function init() {
     REDIS_URL: "localhost:6379",
     REDIS_PASSWORD: "budibase",
     MINIO_URL: "http://localhost:10000/",
-    COUCH_DB_URL: "http://budibase:budibase@localhost:10000/db/",
+    COUCH_DB_URL: "http://localhost:10000/db/",
   }
   let envFile = ""
   Object.keys(envFileJson).forEach(key => {
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/db/index.js b/packages/worker/src/db/index.js
index d6d035cff1..d09ddf0652 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/db/index.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/db/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ const COUCH_DB_URL = env.COUCH_DB_URL || "http://localhost:10000/db/"
 
 let POUCH_DB_DEFAULTS = {
   prefix: COUCH_DB_URL,
+  auth: {
+    username: env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME,
+    password: env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
+  }
 }
 
 if (env.isTest()) {
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/environment.js b/packages/worker/src/environment.js
index 384230b9b3..e8666e6b87 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/environment.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ module.exports = {
   MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: process.env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
   MINIO_SECRET_KEY: process.env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
   MINIO_URL: process.env.MINIO_URL,
-  COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL,
   LOG_LEVEL: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
   JWT_SECRET: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
   SALT_ROUNDS: process.env.SALT_ROUNDS,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = {
   REDIS_PASSWORD: process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD,
   INTERNAL_API_KEY: process.env.INTERNAL_API_KEY,
   /* TODO: to remove - once deployment removed */
-  COUCH_DB_USERNAME: process.env.COUCH_DB_USERNAME,
+  COUCH_DB_USERNAME: process.env.COUCH_DB_USER,
   COUCH_DB_PASSWORD: process.env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
   _set(key, value) {
     process.env[key] = value