diff --git a/hack/faas-containerd.service b/hack/faas-containerd.service
index ae6e084..6ff24e3 100644
--- a/hack/faas-containerd.service
+++ b/hack/faas-containerd.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=faasd-containerd
 
 [Service]
 MemoryLimit=500M
+Environment="basic_auth=true"
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/faas-containerd
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10s