diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/rest/SelfossApi.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/rest/SelfossApi.kt
index 3870852..7f6f59e 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/rest/SelfossApi.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/rest/SelfossApi.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import bou.amine.apps.readerforselfossv2.service.AppSettingsService
 import io.github.aakira.napier.Napier
 import io.ktor.client.*
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.*
+import io.ktor.client.plugins.auth.providers.*
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.cache.*
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.contentnegotiation.*
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.cookies.*
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ import io.ktor.client.request.*
 import io.ktor.client.statement.*
 import io.ktor.http.*
 import io.ktor.serialization.kotlinx.json.*
+import io.ktor.util.*
+import io.ktor.utils.io.charsets.*
+import io.ktor.utils.io.core.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
             expectSuccess = false
         }
 
+
         return client
     }
 
@@ -74,6 +79,13 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
         client = createHttpClient()
     }
 
+    fun constructBasicAuthValue(credentials: BasicAuthCredentials): String {
+        val authString = "${credentials.username}:${credentials.password}"
+        val authBuf = authString.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8).encodeBase64()
+
+        return "Basic $authBuf"
+    }
+
     // Api version was introduces after the POST login, so when there is a version, it should be available
     private fun shouldHavePostLogin() = appSettingsService.getApiVersion() != -1
     private fun hasLoginInfo() =
@@ -96,11 +108,23 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
     private suspend fun getLogin() = maybeResponse(client.tryToGet(url("/login")) {
         parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
         parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
+        if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+            headers {
+                append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                )
+            }
+        }
     })
 
     private suspend fun postLogin() = maybeResponse(client.tryToPost(url("/login")) {
         parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
         parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
+        if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+            headers {
+                append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                )
+            }
+        }
     })
 
     private fun shouldHaveNewLogout() =
@@ -114,9 +138,23 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
         }
 
     private suspend fun maybeLogoutIfAvailable() =
-        responseOrSuccessIf404(client.tryToGet(url("/logout")))
+        responseOrSuccessIf404(client.tryToGet(url("/logout")) {
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        })
 
-    private suspend fun doLogout() = maybeResponse(client.tryToDelete(url("/api/session/current")))
+    private suspend fun doLogout() = maybeResponse(client.tryToDelete(url("/api/session/current")) {
+        if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+            headers {
+                append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    })
 
     suspend fun getItems(
         type: String,
@@ -139,6 +177,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
             parameter("updatedsince", updatedSince)
             parameter("items", items ?: appSettingsService.getItemsNumber())
             parameter("offset", offset)
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun getItemsWithoutCatch(): StatusAndData<List<SelfossModel.Item>> =
@@ -149,6 +193,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
             }
             parameter("type", "all")
             parameter("items", 1)
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun stats(): StatusAndData<SelfossModel.Stats> =
@@ -157,6 +207,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun tags(): StatusAndData<List<SelfossModel.Tag>> =
@@ -165,6 +221,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun update(): StatusAndData<String> =
@@ -173,6 +235,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun spouts(): StatusAndData<Map<String, SelfossModel.Spout>> =
@@ -181,6 +249,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun sourcesStats(): StatusAndData<ArrayList<SelfossModel.SourceStats>> =
@@ -189,6 +263,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun sourcesDetailed(): StatusAndData<ArrayList<SelfossModel.SourceDetail>> =
@@ -197,10 +277,23 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun apiInformation(): StatusAndData<SelfossModel.ApiInformation> =
-        bodyOrFailure(client.tryToGet(url("/api/about")))
+        bodyOrFailure(client.tryToGet(url("/api/about")) {
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        })
 
     suspend fun markAsRead(id: String): SuccessResponse =
         maybeResponse(client.tryToPost(url("/mark/$id")) {
@@ -208,6 +301,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun unmarkAsRead(id: String): SuccessResponse =
@@ -216,6 +315,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun starr(id: String): SuccessResponse =
@@ -224,6 +329,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun unstarr(id: String): SuccessResponse =
@@ -232,6 +343,12 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 
     suspend fun markAllAsRead(ids: List<String>): SuccessResponse =
@@ -243,6 +360,14 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                     append("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
                 }
                 ids.map { append("ids[]", it) }
+            },
+            block = {
+                if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                    headers {
+                        append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
             }
         ))
 
@@ -278,6 +403,14 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 append("url", url)
                 append("spout", spout)
                 append(tagsParamName, tags)
+            },
+            block = {
+                if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                    headers {
+                        append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
             }
         )
 
@@ -315,6 +448,14 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 append("url", url)
                 append("spout", spout)
                 append(tagsParamName, tags)
+            },
+            block = {
+                if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                    headers {
+                        append(HttpHeaders.Authorization, constructBasicAuthValue(BasicAuthCredentials(username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(), password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()))
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
             }
         )
 
@@ -324,5 +465,18 @@ class SelfossApi(private val appSettingsService: AppSettingsService) {
                 parameter("username", appSettingsService.getUserName())
                 parameter("password", appSettingsService.getPassword())
             }
+            if (appSettingsService.getBasicUserName().isNotEmpty() && appSettingsService.getBasicPassword().isNotEmpty()) {
+                headers {
+                    append(
+                        HttpHeaders.Authorization,
+                        constructBasicAuthValue(
+                            BasicAuthCredentials(
+                                username = appSettingsService.getBasicUserName(),
+                                password = appSettingsService.getBasicPassword()
+                            )
+                        )
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         })
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt
index 9699f97..22da4fa 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
     private var _publicAccess: Boolean? = null
     private var _baseUrl: String = ""
     private var _userName: String = ""
+    private var _basicUserName: String = ""
     private var _password: String = ""
+    private var _basicPassword: String = ""
 
     // User settings related
     private var _itemsCaching: Boolean? = null
@@ -96,6 +98,20 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
         return _password
     }
 
+    fun getBasicUserName(): String {
+        if (_basicUserName.isEmpty()) {
+            refreshBasicUsername()
+        }
+        return _basicUserName
+    }
+
+    fun getBasicPassword(): String {
+        if (_basicPassword.isEmpty()) {
+            refreshBasicPassword()
+        }
+        return _basicPassword
+    }
+
     fun getItemsNumber(): Int {
         if (_itemsNumber == null) {
             refreshItemsNumber()
@@ -149,6 +165,14 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
         _password = settings.getString(PASSWORD, "")
     }
 
+    private fun refreshBasicUsername() {
+        _basicUserName = settings.getString(BASIC_LOGIN, "")
+    }
+
+    private fun refreshBasicPassword() {
+        _basicPassword = settings.getString(BASIC_PASSWORD, "")
+    }
+
     private fun refreshArticleViewerEnabled() {
         _articleViewer = settings.getBoolean(PREFER_ARTICLE_VIEWER, true)
     }
@@ -354,6 +378,8 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
     fun refreshApiSettings() {
         refreshPassword()
         refreshUsername()
+        refreshBasicUsername()
+        refreshBasicPassword()
         refreshBaseUrl()
         refreshApiVersion()
         refreshPublicAccess()
@@ -387,7 +413,17 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
         login: String,
         password: String
     ) {
-        settings.putString(BASE_URL, url)
+        val regex = """\/\/(\D+):(\D+)@""".toRegex()
+        val matchResult = regex.find(url)
+        if (matchResult != null) {
+            val (basicLogin, basicPassword) = matchResult.destructured
+            settings.putString(BASIC_LOGIN, basicLogin)
+            settings.putString(BASIC_PASSWORD, basicPassword)
+            val urlWithoutBasicAuth = url.replace(regex, "//")
+            settings.putString(BASE_URL, urlWithoutBasicAuth)
+        } else {
+            settings.putString(BASE_URL, url)
+        }
         settings.putString(LOGIN, login)
         settings.putString(PASSWORD, password)
         refreshApiSettings()
@@ -397,6 +433,8 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
         settings.remove(BASE_URL)
         settings.remove(LOGIN)
         settings.remove(PASSWORD)
+        settings.remove(BASIC_LOGIN)
+        settings.remove(BASIC_PASSWORD)
         refreshApiSettings()
     }
 
@@ -440,6 +478,10 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
 
         const val PASSWORD = "password"
 
+        const val BASIC_LOGIN = "basic_login"
+
+        const val BASIC_PASSWORD = "basic_password"
+
         const val PREFER_ARTICLE_VIEWER = "prefer_article_viewer"
 
         const val CARD_VIEW_ACTIVE = "card_view_active"
@@ -470,7 +512,6 @@ class AppSettingsService(acraSenderServiceProcess: Boolean = false) {
 
         const val PERIODIC_REFRESH_MINUTES = "periodic_refresh_minutes"
 
-
         const val INFINITE_LOADING = "infinite_loading"
 
         const val ITEMS_CACHING = "items_caching"