diff --git a/internal/glance/widget-monitor.go b/internal/glance/widget-monitor.go
index ee4cb85..e42a710 100644
--- a/internal/glance/widget-monitor.go
+++ b/internal/glance/widget-monitor.go
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ type monitorWidget struct {
 		StatusText         string          `yaml:"-"`
 		StatusStyle        string          `yaml:"-"`
 		AltStatusCodes     []int           `yaml:"alt-status-codes"`
-		BasicAuth          struct {
-			Username string `yaml:"username"`
-			Password string `yaml:"password"`
-		} `yaml:"basic-auth"`
 	} `yaml:"sites"`
 	Style           string `yaml:"style"`
 	ShowFailingOnly bool   `yaml:"show-failing-only"`
@@ -49,10 +45,6 @@ func (widget *monitorWidget) update(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	for i := range widget.Sites {
 		requests[i] = widget.Sites[i].SiteStatusRequest
-		if widget.Sites[i].BasicAuth.Username != "" || widget.Sites[i].BasicAuth.Password != "" {
-			requests[i].Username = widget.Sites[i].BasicAuth.Username
-			requests[i].Password = widget.Sites[i].BasicAuth.Password
-		}
 	}
 
 	statuses, err := fetchStatusForSites(requests)
@@ -126,8 +118,10 @@ type SiteStatusRequest struct {
 	DefaultURL    string `yaml:"url"`
 	CheckURL      string `yaml:"check-url"`
 	AllowInsecure bool   `yaml:"allow-insecure"`
-	Username      string `yaml:"-"`
-	Password      string `yaml:"-"`
+	BasicAuth     struct {
+		Username string `yaml:"username"`
+		Password string `yaml:"password"`
+	} `yaml:"basic-auth"`
 }
 
 type siteStatus struct {
@@ -151,8 +145,8 @@ func fetchSiteStatusTask(statusRequest *SiteStatusRequest) (siteStatus, error) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	if statusRequest.Username != "" || statusRequest.Password != "" {
-		request.SetBasicAuth(statusRequest.Username, statusRequest.Password)
+	if statusRequest.BasicAuth.Username != "" || statusRequest.BasicAuth.Password != "" {
+		request.SetBasicAuth(statusRequest.BasicAuth.Username, statusRequest.BasicAuth.Password)
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*3)