1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ShellyPy/gen2.py b/ShellyPy/gen2.py
index 96747c9..199fb84 100644
--- a/ShellyPy/gen2.py
+++ b/ShellyPy/gen2.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ else:
     JSONDecodeError = ValueError
 
 from requests import post
+from requests.auth import HTTPDigestAuth
 
 from .error import BadLogin, NotFound, BadResponse
 
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ class ShellyGen2(ShellyBase):
         @param      init    calls the update method on init
         """
 
+        self.payload_id = 1
         super().__init__(ip, port, *args, **kwargs)
         self.__generation__ = 2
-        self.payload_id = 1
 
     def update(self):
         status = self.settings()
@@ -50,7 +51,13 @@ class ShellyGen2(ShellyBase):
         if values:
             payload["params"] = values
 
-        response = post(url, auth=self.__credentials__,
+        credentials = None
+        try:
+            credentials = auth=HTTPDigestAuth('admin', self.__credentials__[1])
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+
+        response = post(url, auth=credentials,
                         json=payload,
                         timeout=self.__timeout__)