diff --git a/ansible/env_vars/base.yml b/ansible/env_vars/base.yml
index 721ab1398..02b9b895a 100644
--- a/ansible/env_vars/base.yml
+++ b/ansible/env_vars/base.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ create_user: nb
 local_key: "{{ lookup('file', lookup('env','HOME') + '/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
 copy_local_key: "{{ lookup('file', '/srv/secrets-newsblur/keys/docker.key.pub') }}"
 mongodb_keyfile: "{{ lookup('file', '/srv/secrets-newsblur/keys/mongodb_keyfile.key') }}"
+mongodb_username: "{{ lookup('ini', 'mongodb_username section=nbauth file=/srv/secrets-newsblur/configs/mongodb_auth.ini') }}"
+mongodb_password: "{{ lookup('ini', 'mongodb_password section=nbauth file=/srv/secrets-newsblur/configs/mongodb_auth.ini') }}"
 sys_packages: [ 
   'git', 
   'python3', 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongo-exporter/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/mongo-exporter/tasks/main.yml
index 50512233e..67e9e3c2f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongo-exporter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongo-exporter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     networks:
       - name: newsblurnet
     env:
-      MONGODB_URI: 'mongodb://nb:KCi@db-mongo.service.nyc1.consul:27017/admin?'
+      MONGODB_URI: 'mongodb://{{ mongodb_username }}:{{ mongodb_password }}@db-mongo.service.nyc1.consul:27017/admin?authSource=nbauth'
     ports:
     - '9216:9216'
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf b/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf
index fb47d96b5..141f322d3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ processManagement:
   timeZoneInfo: /usr/share/zoneinfo
 
 security:
-  authorization: enabled
   keyFile: /srv/newsblur/config/mongodb_keyfile.key
+  # authorization: enabled # No RBAC
 
 operationProfiling:
   mode: slowOp
diff --git a/flask_monitor/db_monitor.py b/flask_monitor/db_monitor.py
index 7fa3a0de4..16178c8cc 100644
--- a/flask_monitor/db_monitor.py
+++ b/flask_monitor/db_monitor.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def db_check_mysql():
 @app.route("/db_check/mongo")
 def db_check_mongo():
     try:
-        client = pymongo.MongoClient(f'mongodb://{settings.MONGO_DB['username']}:{settings.MONGO_DB['password']}@db-mongo.server.nyc1.consul')
+        client = pymongo.MongoClient(f'mongodb://{settings.MONGO_DB['username']}:{settings.MONGO_DB['password']}@db-mongo.server.nyc1.consul?authSource=nbauth')
         db = client.newsblur
     except:
         abort(503)
diff --git a/utils/monitor_task_fetches.py b/utils/monitor_task_fetches.py
index 8524b6f22..a70c3f3d3 100755
--- a/utils/monitor_task_fetches.py
+++ b/utils/monitor_task_fetches.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def main():
     r = redis.Redis(connection_pool=settings.REDIS_ANALYTICS_POOL)
 
     try:
-        client = pymongo.MongoClient(f'mongodb://{settings.MONGO_DB['username']}:{settings.MONGO_DB['password']}@{settings.MONGO_DB['host']}')
+        client = pymongo.MongoClient(f'mongodb://{settings.MONGO_DB['username']}:{settings.MONGO_DB['password']}@{settings.MONGO_DB['host']}?authSource=nbauth')
         feeds_fetched = client.newsblur.statistics.find_one({"key": "feeds_fetched"})['value']
         redis_task_fetches = int(r.get(monitor_key) or 0)
     except Exception as e: