diff --git a/client/lib.go b/client/lib.go
index a3d7a3c0eac872b2c11e561b5a56f88ba9f74f2d..487f708307ceeecd7c04d71511adb31902b497a1 100644
--- a/client/lib.go
+++ b/client/lib.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (api *GoShimmerAPI) do(method string, route string, reqObj interface{}, res
 
 	// add authorization header with JWT
 	if len(api.jwt) > 0 {
-		req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("bearer %s", api.jwt))
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", api.jwt))
 	}
 
 	// make the request
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index d5f7713c05a18e05fb6a1915d09c3b69cdb0af68..9b8fe5db33408029aa287792424d4b1997d395b5 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
     "port": 14666
   },
   "webapi": {
-    "bindAddress": "0.0.0.0:8080"
+    "bindAddress": "0.0.0.0:8080",
+    "auth": {
+      "username": "goshimmer",
+      "password": "goshimmer",
+      "privateKey": "uUUavNbdr32jE9CqnSMCKt4HMu9AZ2K4rKekUSPx9jk83eyeM7xewv5CqUKYMC9"
+    }
   },
   "graph": {
     "webrootPath": "./IOTAtangle/webroot",
diff --git a/plugins/webauth/parameters.go b/plugins/webauth/parameters.go
index 2146da738ad8c6cd92b66d585e50613b8d8cc5a6..5084ce564029b3dc5e7d4ffc2ed8380e8fd1e3c9 100644
--- a/plugins/webauth/parameters.go
+++ b/plugins/webauth/parameters.go
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import (
 const (
 	WEBAPI_AUTH_USERNAME    = "webapi.auth.username"
 	WEBAPI_AUTH_PASSWORD    = "webapi.auth.password"
-	WEBAPI_AUTH_PRIVATE_KEY = "webapi.auth.private_key"
+	WEBAPI_AUTH_PRIVATE_KEY = "webapi.auth.privateKey"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	flag.String(WEBAPI_AUTH_USERNAME, "user", "username for the webapi")
-	flag.String(WEBAPI_AUTH_PASSWORD, "pass", "password for the webapi")
+	flag.String(WEBAPI_AUTH_USERNAME, "goshimmer", "username for the webapi")
+	flag.String(WEBAPI_AUTH_PASSWORD, "goshimmer", "password for the webapi")
 	flag.String(WEBAPI_AUTH_PRIVATE_KEY, "", "private key used to sign the JWTs")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/webauth/webauth.go b/plugins/webauth/webauth.go
index ed8adfd3209bcf95c346a0e610811d132a373d86..21e943fa9f10518118227f65c3e584c622df1af8 100644
--- a/plugins/webauth/webauth.go
+++ b/plugins/webauth/webauth.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/parameter"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/logger"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/node"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/middleware"
@@ -14,12 +15,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 )
 
-var PLUGIN = node.NewPlugin("WebAPI JWT Auth", node.Disabled, configure)
-
+var PLUGIN = node.NewPlugin("WebAPI Auth", node.Disabled, configure)
+var log *logger.Logger
 var privateKey string
 
 func configure(plugin *node.Plugin) {
-
+	log = logger.NewLogger("WebAPI Auth")
 	privateKey = parameter.NodeConfig.GetString(WEBAPI_AUTH_PRIVATE_KEY)
 	if len(privateKey) == 0 {
 		panic("")
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func configure(plugin *node.Plugin) {
 	}))
 
 	webapi.Server.POST("/login", Handler)
+	log.Info("WebAPI is now secured through JWT authentication")
 }
 
 type Request struct {