diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index febf7bf..c060882 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ The username of a user created in step 5.
 ### Influx Database Password
 The password for the user created in step 5.
 
+Credentials are sent via HTTP Basic authentication (`Authorization` header), not as URL query parameters, so they are not written to reverse-proxy or CDN access logs.
+
 ### Server Tag
 This is a static tag that is added to all records submitted by your rust server to the database, this tag should be different for each rust server
 
diff --git a/src/RustServerMetrics/MetricsLogger.cs b/src/RustServerMetrics/MetricsLogger.cs
index c2faa92..cf48807 100644
--- a/src/RustServerMetrics/MetricsLogger.cs
+++ b/src/RustServerMetrics/MetricsLogger.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public NetworkUpdateData(int count, long bytes)
     internal ConfigData Configuration { get; private set; }
 
     private Uri _baseUri;
+    private string _authorizationHeader;
     private readonly int _performanceReportRequestId = UnityEngine.Random.Range(-2147483648, 2147483647);
     private ReportUploader _reportUploader;
     private Message.Type _lastMessageType;
@@ -77,12 +78,25 @@ public Uri BaseUri
                 return _baseUri;
             }
 
-            _baseUri = new Uri(new Uri(Configuration.DatabaseUrl), 
-                               $"/write?db={Configuration.DatabaseName}&precision=ms&u={Configuration.DatabaseUser}&p={Configuration.DatabasePassword}");
+            EnsureInfluxEndpoint();
             return _baseUri;
         }
     }
 
+    internal string AuthorizationHeader
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            if (_authorizationHeader != null)
+            {
+                return _authorizationHeader;
+            }
+
+            EnsureInfluxEndpoint();
+            return _authorizationHeader;
+        }
+    }
+
     #region Initialization
 
     internal static void Initialize()
@@ -631,13 +645,14 @@ private void LoadConfiguration()
         {
             var configStr = File.ReadAllText(ConfigurationPath);
             Configuration = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ConfigData>(configStr) ?? new ConfigData();
-            var uri = new Uri(Configuration.DatabaseUrl);
-            _baseUri = new Uri(uri, $"/write?db={Configuration.DatabaseName}&precision=ms&u={Configuration.DatabaseUser}&p={Configuration.DatabasePassword}");
+            EnsureInfluxEndpoint();
         }
         catch
         {
             Debug.LogError("[ServerMetrics]: The configuration seems to be missing or malformed. Defaults will be loaded.");
             Configuration = new ConfigData();
+            _baseUri = null;
+            _authorizationHeader = null;
 
             if (File.Exists(ConfigurationPath))
             {
@@ -647,6 +662,16 @@ private void LoadConfiguration()
         SaveConfiguration();
     }
 
+    private void EnsureInfluxEndpoint()
+    {
+        var uri = new Uri(Configuration.DatabaseUrl);
+        _baseUri = new Uri(uri, $"/write?db={Configuration.DatabaseName}&precision=ms");
+
+        var credentials = Convert.ToBase64String(
+            Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"{Configuration.DatabaseUser}:{Configuration.DatabasePassword}"));
+        _authorizationHeader = $"Basic {credentials}";
+    }
+
     private void SaveConfiguration()
     {
         try
diff --git a/src/RustServerMetrics/ReportUploader.cs b/src/RustServerMetrics/ReportUploader.cs
index 677cbe2..0313a1f 100644
--- a/src/RustServerMetrics/ReportUploader.cs
+++ b/src/RustServerMetrics/ReportUploader.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ private IEnumerator SendRequest()
             useHttpContinue = true,
             redirectLimit = 5
         };
+        var authorizationHeader = _metricsLogger.AuthorizationHeader;
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(authorizationHeader))
+        {
+            request.SetRequestHeader("Authorization", authorizationHeader);
+        }
         yield return request.SendWebRequest();
 
         if (request.isNetworkError)