diff --git a/components/membershiprenew.php b/components/membershiprenew.php
index 48d77a8ee0675293d1210947ab66a587d144dcc7..7f3b59b0640b38cd359a373eab7e086782fefcf1 100644
--- a/components/membershiprenew.php
+++ b/components/membershiprenew.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (isset($session->groups[$permission])) {
     
     // connect to sucs database
  	$sucsDB = NewADOConnection('postgres8');
-	$sucsDB->Connect('dbname=sucs');
+	$sucsDB->Connect('dbname=sucs user=apache');
 	$sucsDB->SetFetchMode(ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC);
 //	$sucsDB->debug = true;
 	
diff --git a/components/signup-admin.php b/components/signup-admin.php
index 357aef797fa9f00d119c446dfd46bde0db64ab0b..0f4683d9d30e16fac6832444e05a5b8d29d935d6 100644
--- a/components/signup-admin.php
+++ b/components/signup-admin.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (isset($session->groups[$permission])) {
 
 	// connect to sucs database
 	$sucsDB = NewADOConnection('postgres8');
-	$sucsDB->Connect('dbname=sucs');
+	$sucsDB->Connect('dbname=sucs user=apache');
 	$sucsDB->SetFetchMode(ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC);
 	//get unused signup slips
 	$query  = "SELECT signup.id, signup.sid, member_type.typename, members.username, signup.card";