diff --git a/frontend/src/views/settings/SettingsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/settings/SettingsView.vue
index acb2402..7dfe909 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/settings/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/settings/SettingsView.vue
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
             <v-card-title>Connect via SimpleFIN</v-card-title>
             <v-card-text>
               <p class="mb-4">
-                Visit <strong>simplefin.org/bridge</strong> to get a setup token for your bank, then paste it below.
+                Visit <strong>beta-bridge.simplefin.org</strong> to get a setup token for your bank, then paste it below.
               </p>
               <v-text-field
                 v-model="simpleFinToken"
diff --git a/src/Purrse.Plugins.BankSync/SimpleFinSyncProvider.cs b/src/Purrse.Plugins.BankSync/SimpleFinSyncProvider.cs
index 80e8123..e25d1b5 100644
--- a/src/Purrse.Plugins.BankSync/SimpleFinSyncProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Purrse.Plugins.BankSync/SimpleFinSyncProvider.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Net.Http.Json;
 using System.Text;
 using Purrse.Plugins.Abstractions;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public class SimpleFinSyncProvider : IAccountSyncProvider
         // Decode base64 setup token to get the claim URL
         var claimUrl = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(setupToken));
 
-        var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync(claimUrl, null);
+        var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync(claimUrl, new StringContent(string.Empty));
         response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
         var accessUrl = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public class SimpleFinSyncProvider : IAccountSyncProvider
     {
         var accessUrl = configuration.GetValueOrDefault("AccessUrl") ?? string.Empty;
 
-        var response = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<SimpleFinAccountSet>($"{accessUrl}/accounts");
+        var response = await GetWithAuthAsync($"{accessUrl}/accounts");
         if (response == null)
             return new List<SyncAccount>();
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public class SimpleFinSyncProvider : IAccountSyncProvider
         var startUnix = new DateTimeOffset(startDate).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
         var endUnix = new DateTimeOffset(endDate).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
 
-        var response = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<SimpleFinAccountSet>(
+        var response = await GetWithAuthAsync(
             $"{accessUrl}/accounts?start-date={startUnix}&end-date={endUnix}");
 
         if (response == null)
@@ -90,6 +91,25 @@ public class SimpleFinSyncProvider : IAccountSyncProvider
         return result;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// HttpClient does not extract Basic Auth credentials from URLs (user:pass@host).
+    /// This method parses the URI, builds the Authorization header, and strips credentials from the request URL.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<SimpleFinAccountSet?> GetWithAuthAsync(string url)
+    {
+        var uri = new Uri(url);
+        var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, new UriBuilder(uri) { UserName = "", Password = "" }.Uri);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(uri.UserInfo))
+        {
+            var credentials = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(uri.UserInfo));
+            request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", credentials);
+        }
+
+        var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request);
+        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        return await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<SimpleFinAccountSet>();
+    }
+
     private static string GuessAccountType(string name)
     {
         var lower = name.ToLowerInvariant();