diff --git a/services/communication/atlasbot-configmap.yaml b/services/communication/atlasbot-configmap.yaml
index 92f77ba..a15352d 100644
--- a/services/communication/atlasbot-configmap.yaml
+++ b/services/communication/atlasbot-configmap.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ data:
     from urllib import request, parse, error
 
     BASE = os.environ.get("MATRIX_BASE", "http://othrys-synapse-matrix-synapse:8008")
+    AUTH_BASE = os.environ.get("AUTH_BASE", "http://matrix-authentication-service:8080")
     USER = os.environ["BOT_USER"]
     PASSWORD = os.environ["BOT_PASS"]
     ROOM_ALIAS = "#othrys:live.bstein.dev"
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ data:
     MODEL = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "qwen2.5-coder:7b-instruct-q4_0")
     API_KEY = os.environ.get("CHAT_API_KEY", "")
 
-    def req(method: str, path: str, token: str | None = None, body=None, timeout=60):
-        url = BASE + path
+    def req(method: str, path: str, token: str | None = None, body=None, timeout=60, base: str | None = None):
+        url = (base or BASE) + path
         data = None
         headers = {}
         if body is not None:
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ data:
             "identifier": {"type": "m.id.user", "user": USER},
             "password": PASSWORD,
         }
-        res = req("POST", "/_matrix/client/v3/login", body=payload)
+        res = req("POST", "/_matrix/client/v3/login", body=payload, base=AUTH_BASE)
         return res["access_token"]
 
     def resolve_alias(token: str, alias: str) -> str:
diff --git a/services/communication/atlasbot-deployment.yaml b/services/communication/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
index 90d245a..5834435 100644
--- a/services/communication/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/communication/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: MATRIX_BASE
               value: http://othrys-synapse-matrix-synapse:8008
+            - name: AUTH_BASE
+              value: http://matrix-authentication-service:8080
             - name: BOT_USER
-              value: atlasbot
+              value: atlas
             - name: BOT_PASS
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: atlasbot-credentials-runtime
-                  key: bot-password
+                  name: atlasbot-mas-credentials-runtime
+                  key: password
             - name: CHAT_API_KEY
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef: