diff --git a/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/dbms.py b/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/dbms.py
index c25c220540a..a5f77f9f5fd 100644
--- a/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/dbms.py
+++ b/apps/beeswax/src/beeswax/server/dbms.py
@@ -355,6 +355,13 @@ def get_query_server_config_via_connector(connector):
   else:
     impersonation_enabled = hiveserver2_impersonation_enabled()
 
+  if compute['dialect'] == 'impala':
+    from impala import conf as dbms_conf
+  else:
+    from beeswax import conf as dbms_conf
+  auth_username = dbms_conf.AUTH_USERNAME.get()
+  auth_password = dbms_conf.AUTH_PASSWORD.get()
+
   return {
       'is_compute': True,
       'dialect': compute['dialect'],
@@ -364,8 +371,8 @@ def get_query_server_config_via_connector(connector):
       # For connectors/computes, the auth details are not available
       # from configs and needs patching before submitting requests
       'principal': 'TODO',
-      'auth_username': compute['options'].get('auth_username'),
-      'auth_password': compute['options'].get('auth_password', 'hue'),
+      'auth_username': compute['options'].get('auth_username', auth_username),
+      'auth_password': compute['options'].get('auth_password', auth_password),
 
       'impersonation_enabled': impersonation_enabled,
       'use_sasl': str(compute['options'].get('use_sasl', True)).upper() == 'TRUE',