diff --git a/PVEApi.py b/PVEApi.py
index 6867bd0..010a24d 100755
--- a/PVEApi.py
+++ b/PVEApi.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class PVEApi(object):
         """
         self.host = host
         self.url = "https://" + self.host + "/api2/json"
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
         if self.check_cacheexpire():
             self.csrftoken = get_auth(self.host, username, password)[0]
             self.ticket = get_auth(self.host, username, password)[1]
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ class PVEApi(object):
                 timestamp = data['timestamp']
                 return True if time.time() - timestamp > 3600 else False
         except:
-            self.csrftoken = get_auth(self.host, username, password)[0]
-            self.ticket = get_auth(self.host, username, password)[1]
+            self.csrftoken = get_auth(self.host, self.username, self.password)[0]
+            self.ticket = get_auth(self.host, self.username, self.password)[1]
             self.write_ticketcache()