diff --git a/htroot/Blog.java b/htroot/Blog.java
index a1ba3d974..2e3cc6c6d 100644
--- a/htroot/Blog.java
+++ b/htroot/Blog.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.UTF8;
-import net.yacy.cora.protocol.Domains;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.data.BlogBoard;
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ public class Blog {
         final int num   = post.getInt("num",10);  //indicates how many entries should be shown
 
         if (!hasRights) {
-            final UserDB.Entry userentry = sb.userDB.proxyAuth(header.get(RequestHeader.AUTHORIZATION, "xxxxxx"));
+            final UserDB.Entry userentry = sb.userDB.proxyAuth(header.get(RequestHeader.AUTHORIZATION));
             if (userentry != null && userentry.hasRight(UserDB.AccessRight.BLOG_RIGHT)) {
                 hasRights=true;
             } else if (post.containsKey("login")) {
diff --git a/htroot/BlogComments.java b/htroot/BlogComments.java
index 325e35e8a..248c15520 100644
--- a/htroot/BlogComments.java
+++ b/htroot/BlogComments.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class BlogComments {
         }
 
         if (!hasRights) {
-            final UserDB.Entry userentry = sb.userDB.proxyAuth(header.get(RequestHeader.AUTHORIZATION, "xxxxxx"));
+            final UserDB.Entry userentry = sb.userDB.proxyAuth(header.get(RequestHeader.AUTHORIZATION));
             if (userentry != null && userentry.hasRight(UserDB.AccessRight.BLOG_RIGHT)) {
                 hasRights = true;
             } else if (post.containsKey("login")) {