diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index 1f5f76a..b398d30 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def flattenList(l):
 def md5(text):
     return hashlib.md5(text).hexdigest()
 
+def sha1(text):
+    return hashlib.sha1(text).hexdigest()
+
 def getExt(filename):
     return os.path.splitext(filename)[1][1:]
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/__init__.py
index 88ab454..fca7af3 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ config = [{
                     'name': 'automation_username',
                     'label': 'Username',
                 },
+                {
+                    'name': 'automation_password',
+                    'label': 'Password',
+                    'type': 'password',
+                    'description': 'When you have "Protect my data" checked <a href="http://trakt.tv/settings/account">on trakt</a>.',
+                },
             ],
         },
     ],
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/main.py
index 06a4872..e623b8f 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/trakt/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import md5
+from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import md5, sha1
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.providers.automation.base import Automation
+import base64
 import json
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ class Trakt(Automation):
         'watchlist': 'user/watchlist/movies.json/%s/',
     }
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(Trakt, self).__init__()
+
+        addEvent('setting.save.trakt.automation_password', self.sha1Password)
+
+    def sha1Password(self, value):
+        return sha1(value) if value else ''
+
     def getIMDBids(self):
 
         if self.isDisabled():
@@ -31,6 +41,13 @@ class Trakt(Automation):
 
     def call(self, method_url):
 
+        if self.conf('automation_password'):
+            headers = {
+               'Authorization': "Basic %s" % base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (self.conf('automation_username'), self.conf('automation_password')))[:-1]
+            }
+        else:
+            headers = {}
+
         cache_key = 'trakt.%s' % md5(method_url)
-        json_string = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['base'] + method_url)
+        json_string = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['base'] + method_url, headers = headers)
         return json.loads(json_string)