diff --git a/client/MANIFEST.in b/client/MANIFEST.in
index 1b745ff9..6962801c 100644
--- a/client/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/client/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ exclude setup.py
 recursive-include ecdsa *.py
 recursive-include aes *.py
 include icons.qrc
+include remote.php
 recursive-include icons *
diff --git a/client/remote_wallet.py b/client/remote_wallet.py
index e0ea3fc9..2c388c8f 100644
--- a/client/remote_wallet.py
+++ b/client/remote_wallet.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     if len(sys.argv)>1:
         import jsonrpclib
-        server = jsonrpclib.Server('http://%s:%d'%(host,port))
+        server = jsonrpclib.Server('http://%s:%s@%s:%d'%(username, password, host, port))
         cmd = sys.argv[1]
 
         try: