diff --git a/images/ckan/2.10/setup/app/prerun.py b/images/ckan/2.10/setup/app/prerun.py
index 64a56bc..8fad1f7 100644
--- a/images/ckan/2.10/setup/app/prerun.py
+++ b/images/ckan/2.10/setup/app/prerun.py
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 """
+from multiprocessing import connection
 
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import psycopg2
 from sqlalchemy.engine.url import make_url
-import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
+import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse, base64
 import re
 import json
-
 import time
 
 ckan_ini = os.environ.get('CKAN_INI', '/srv/app/production.ini')
@@ -70,20 +70,18 @@ def check_solr_connection(retry=None):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     url = os.environ.get('CKAN_SOLR_URL', '')
-    username = os.environ.get('SOLR_ADMIN_USERNAME', 'admin')
-    password = os.environ.get('SOLR_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'pass')
+    username = os.environ.get('CKAN_SOLR_USER', '')
+    password = os.environ.get('CKAN_SOLR_PASSWORD', '')
     search_url = '{url}/schema/name?wt=json'.format(url=url)
 
     try:
         if not username:
             connection = urllib.request.urlopen(search_url)
         else:
-            passman = urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
-            passman.add_password(None, search_url, username, password)
-            authhandler = urllib.request.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(passman)
-            opener = urllib.request.build_opener(authhandler)
-            urllib.request.install_opener(opener)
-            connection = urllib.request.urlopen(search_url)
+            request = urllib.request.Request(search_url)
+            base64string = base64.b64encode(bytes('%s:%s' % (username, password),'ascii'))
+            request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string.decode('utf-8'))
+            connection = urllib.request.urlopen(request)
     except urllib.error.URLError as e:
         print('[prerun] Unable to connect to solr...try again in a while.')
         import time