diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index 5bbbb55e..149d741d 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
             urls = request.values.get('urls').split("\n")
             for url in urls:
                 url = url.strip()
+                # Flask wtform validators wont work with basic auth, use validators package
                 if len(url) and validators.url(url):
                     new_uuid = datastore.add_watch(url=url.strip(), tag="")
                     # Straight into the queue.
diff --git a/changedetectionio/forms.py b/changedetectionio/forms.py
index 5c193cdb..9af85b31 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/forms.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/forms.py
@@ -176,7 +176,24 @@ class ValidateTokensList(object):
             if not p.strip('{}') in notification.valid_tokens:
                 message = field.gettext('Token \'%s\' is not a valid token.')
                 raise ValidationError(message % (p))
+            
+class validateURL(object):
+    
+    """
+       Flask wtform validators wont work with basic auth
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, message=None):
+        self.message = message
 
+    def __call__(self, form, field):
+        import validators
+        try:
+            validators.url(field.data.strip())
+        except validators.ValidationFailure:
+            message = field.gettext('\'%s\' is not a valid URL.' % (field.data.strip()))
+            raise ValidationError(message)
+        
 class ValidateListRegex(object):
     """
     Validates that anything that looks like a regex passes as a regex
@@ -244,7 +261,7 @@ class ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(object):
 class quickWatchForm(Form):
     # https://wtforms.readthedocs.io/en/2.3.x/fields/#module-wtforms.fields.html5
     # `require_tld` = False is needed even for the test harness "http://localhost:5005.." to run
-    url = html5.URLField('URL', [validators.URL(require_tld=False)])
+    url = html5.URLField('URL', validators=[validateURL()])
     tag = StringField('Group tag', [validators.Optional(), validators.Length(max=35)])
 
 class commonSettingsForm(Form):
@@ -259,7 +276,7 @@ class commonSettingsForm(Form):
 
 class watchForm(commonSettingsForm):
 
-    url = html5.URLField('URL', [validators.URL(require_tld=False)])
+    url = html5.URLField('URL', validators=[validateURL()])
     tag = StringField('Group tag', [validators.Optional(), validators.Length(max=35)])
 
     minutes_between_check = html5.IntegerField('Maximum time in minutes until recheck',
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45c8c909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import time
+from flask import url_for
+from . util import live_server_setup
+
+def test_basic_auth(client, live_server):
+
+    live_server_setup(live_server)
+    # Give the endpoint time to spin up
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    test_url = url_for('test_basicauth_method', _external=True).replace("//","//myuser:mypass@")
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("import_page"),
+        data={"urls": test_url},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+    # Check form validation
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={"css_filter": "", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
+
+    # Trigger a check
+    client.get(url_for("api_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    time.sleep(1)
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("preview_page", uuid="first"),
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b'myuser mypass basic' in res.data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/util.py b/changedetectionio/tests/util.py
index 54532680..86b78767 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/util.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/util.py
@@ -103,4 +103,14 @@ def live_server_setup(live_server):
         print("\n>> Test notification endpoint was hit.\n")
         return "Text was set"
 
+
+    # Just return the verb in the request
+    @live_server.app.route('/test-basicauth', methods=['GET'])
+    def test_basicauth_method():
+
+        from flask import request
+        auth = request.authorization
+        ret = " ".join([auth.username, auth.password, auth.type])
+        return ret
+
     live_server.start()