diff --git a/rcc/api/auth/DigestAuth.php b/rcc/api/auth/DigestAuth.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ed3ea1d..0000000
--- a/rcc/api/auth/DigestAuth.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * PHP Version 7
- *
- * Authentication Helper Class
- *
- * @category Authentication
- * @package  Rbe
- * @author   Marcel Kapfer (mmk2410) <marcelmichaelkapfer@yahoo.co.nz>
- * @license  MIT License
- * @link     http://marcel-kapfer.de/rangitaki
- */
-namespace mmk2410\rbe\digestAuth;
-
-/**
- * PHP Version 7
- *
- * Authentication Helper Class
- *
- * @category Authentication
- * @package  Rbe
- * @author   Marcel Kapfer (mmk2410) <marcelmichaelkapfer@yahoo.co.nz>
- * @license  MIT License
- * @link     http://marcel-kapfer.de/rangitaki
- */
-class DigestAuth
-{
-
-    /**
-     * parser for http digest
-     *
-     * @param $txt  data to parse
-     *
-     * @return parsed data or FALSE
-     */
-    public function httpDigestParse($txt)
-    {
-        // protect against missing data
-        $needed_parts = array('nonce'=>1, 'nc'=>1, 'cnonce'=>1, 'qop'=>1, 'username'=>1, 'uri'=>1, 'response'=>1);
-        $data = array();
-        $keys = implode('|', array_keys($needed_parts));
-
-        preg_match_all('@(' . $keys . ')=(?:([\'"])([^\2]+?)\2|([^\s,]+))@', $txt, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
-
-        foreach ($matches as $m) {
-            $data[$m[1]] = $m[3] ? $m[3] : $m[4];
-            unset($needed_parts[$m[1]]);
-        }
-
-        return $needed_parts ? false : $data;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rcc/api/auth/auth.php b/rcc/api/auth/auth.php
index f02646e..ab22d6c 100644
--- a/rcc/api/auth/auth.php
+++ b/rcc/api/auth/auth.php
@@ -1,39 +1,22 @@
 <?php
 // Marcel Kapfer (mmk2410)
 // License: MIT License
-// api digest auth
+// HTTP Basic Auth for the API
 
-require 'DigestAuth.php';
+$basedir = "../../../";
+
+require '../../ssl.php';
 
 require '../../password.php';
 
-use \mmk2410\rbe\digestAuth\DigestAuth as DigestAuth;
-
-$realm = 'Restricted area';
-
-$users = array($username => $password);
-
-if (empty($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_DIGEST'])) {
+if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
+    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="RCC API"');
     header('HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
-    header('WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="'.$realm.
-           '",qop="auth",nonce="'.uniqid().'",opaque="'.md5($realm).'"');
-
-    die('Access to RCC API not granted');
-}
-
-
-// analyze the PHP_AUTH_DIGEST variable
-if (!($data = DigestAuth::httpDigestParse($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_DIGEST'])) ||
-    !isset($users[$data['username']])) {
-    die('Wrong Credentials!');
-}
-
-
-// generate the valid response
-$A1 = md5($data['username'] . ':' . $realm . ':' . $users[$data['username']]);
-$A2 = md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'].':'.$data['uri']);
-$valid_response = md5($A1.':'.$data['nonce'].':'.$data['nc'].':'.$data['cnonce'].':'.$data['qop'].':'.$A2);
-
-if ($data['response'] != $valid_response) {
-    die('Wrong Credentials!');
+    echo "Access denied to the RCC API!";
+    exit;
+} elseif ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] != $username ||
+    !password_verify($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'], $password)) {
+        header('HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
+    echo "Wrong credentials: Access denied!";
+    exit;
 }
diff --git a/rcc/api/list/index.php b/rcc/api/list/index.php
index 287f073..f448a9e 100644
--- a/rcc/api/list/index.php
+++ b/rcc/api/list/index.php
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ use \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
 require '../../../vendor/autoload.php';
 require '../../../res/php/Config.php';
 
-include '../auth/auth.php';
-
 use \mmk2410\rbe\config\Config as Config;
 
 $config = new Config("../../../config.yaml", '../../../vendor/autoload.php');
 $settings = $config->getConfig();
 
+include '../auth/auth.php';
+
 if ($settings["rcc"]["api"] == "on" && $settings["rcc"]["rcc"] == "on") {
     $app = new \Slim\App();
 
diff --git a/rcc/api/media/index.php b/rcc/api/media/index.php
index fd6804c..c9efcbd 100644
--- a/rcc/api/media/index.php
+++ b/rcc/api/media/index.php
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ require '../../../vendor/autoload.php';
 require '../../../res/php/Config.php';
 require '../../../res/php/ArticleGenerator.php';
 
-include '../auth/auth.php';
-
 use \mmk2410\rbe\config\Config as Config;
 
 $config = new Config("../../../config.yaml", '../../../vendor/autoload.php');
 $settings = $config->getConfig();
 
+include '../auth/auth.php';
+
 if ($settings["rcc"]["api"] == "on" && $settings["rcc"]["rcc"] == "on") {
     $app = new \Slim\App();
 
diff --git a/rcc/api/post/index.php b/rcc/api/post/index.php
index cc04e70..4636083 100644
--- a/rcc/api/post/index.php
+++ b/rcc/api/post/index.php
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ require '../../../vendor/autoload.php';
 require '../../../res/php/Config.php';
 require '../../../res/php/ArticleGenerator.php';
 
-include '../auth/auth.php';
-
 use \mmk2410\rbe\config\Config as Config;
 
 $config = new Config("../../../config.yaml", '../../../vendor/autoload.php');
 $settings = $config->getConfig();
 
+include '../auth/auth.php';
+
 if ($settings["rcc"]["api"] == "on" && $settings["rcc"]["rcc"] == "on") {
     $app = new \Slim\App();