diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c4e41f9..c5106e6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.3
+4.0.4
diff --git a/src/utils/monitor.py b/src/utils/monitor.py
index 6900ed1..79fe517 100644
--- a/src/utils/monitor.py
+++ b/src/utils/monitor.py
@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ def check_http_monitor(monitor, gauges):
     expected_contain = get_or_else(monitor, 'expected_contain', None)
     username = get_or_else(monitor, 'username', None)
     password = get_or_else(monitor, 'password', None)
-    remove_key_safely(monitor, 'password') 
 
     auth = None
     duration = None
     if is_not_empty(username) and is_not_empty(password):
         auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)
 
+    remove_key_safely(monitor, 'username')
+    remove_key_safely(monitor, 'password')
+
     try:
         if method == "GET":
             response = requests.get(monitor['url'], timeout=timeout, auth=auth)