diff --git a/notifications.py b/notifications.py
index d6b8b55..5f58e12 100644
--- a/notifications.py
+++ b/notifications.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def send_notification(app, target_user, mapname, old_replay, new_replay):
 
     payload = { "users": [target_user], "msg" : message }
 
-
-    r = requests.post(app.config["DISPATCH_SERVER"] + "/smart-send",
-                    json=payload, auth=app.config["DISPATCH_AUTH"])
+    url_and_token = "/smart-send?dispatch-access-token={}".format(app.config["DISPATCH_TOKEN"])
+    r = requests.post(app.config["DISPATCH_SERVER"] + url_and_token, json=payload)
 
     if not r.ok:
-        print("Error handing off notification to dispatch ({})".format(r.status_code), file=sys.stderr)
+        msg = "Error handing off notification to dispatch ({} {})".format(r.status_code, r.content)
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 73b9cb6..64624c1 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ def create_app():
 
     app.config["DISPATCH_SERVER"] = os.environ.get("DISPATCH_SERVER")
     if app.config["DISPATCH_SERVER"]:
-        app.config["DISPATCH_AUTH"] = (os.environ["DISPATCH_AUTH_USER"], os.environ["DISPATCH_AUTH_PASSWORD"])
+        app.config["DISPATCH_TOKEN"] = os.environ["DISPATCH_TOKEN"]
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":