diff --git a/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js b/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js
index 0a8734ea412..77bcdba47ec 100644
--- a/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js
+++ b/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function (angular, _, $, config, kbn, moment) {
       if (this.basicAuth) {
         options.withCredentials = true;
         options.headers = options.headers || {};
-        options.headers.Authorization = 'Basic ' + config.graphiteBasicAuth;
+        options.headers.Authorization = 'Basic ' + this.basicAuth;
       }
 
       options.url = this.url + options.url;