diff --git a/src/bw/lua/clusterstore.lua b/src/bw/lua/clusterstore.lua
index eaf0bc327..fe43d62ab 100644
--- a/src/bw/lua/clusterstore.lua
+++ b/src/bw/lua/clusterstore.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ function M:connect()
     if variables["REDIS_SSL"] == "yes" then
         options["ssl"] = true
     end
-    return redis.connect(variables["REDIS_HOST"], tonumber(variables["REDIS_PORT"]), options)
+    local ok, err = redis_client:connect(variables["REDIS_HOST"], tonumber(variables["REDIS_PORT"]), options)
+    if not ok then
+        return false, err
+    end
+    return redis_client
 end
 
 function M:close(redis_client)
diff --git a/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/default-server-http/lets-encrypt.conf b/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/default-server-http/lets-encrypt.conf
index 6c96dc58e..b7e879315 100644
--- a/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/default-server-http/lets-encrypt.conf
+++ b/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/default-server-http/lets-encrypt.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # set location for challenges
 location ~ ^/.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
 	root /var/tmp/bunkerweb/lets-encrypt;
+	auth_basic off;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/server-http/lets-encrypt.conf b/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/server-http/lets-encrypt.conf
index b15472e0a..814eefd29 100644
--- a/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/server-http/lets-encrypt.conf
+++ b/src/common/core/letsencrypt/confs/server-http/lets-encrypt.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # set location for challenges
 location ~ ^/.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
 	root /var/tmp/bunkerweb/lets-encrypt;
+	auth_basic off;
 }
 
 {% if AUTO_LETS_ENCRYPT == "yes" %}