diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6758ad28..bd6f3c87 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ jobs:
             export PATH=$SONAR_SCANNER_HOME/bin:$PATH
             export SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS="-server"
 
-            sonar-scanner
+            sonar-scanner -Dsonar.login=$SONAR_AUTH_TOKEN
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 97295d63..fec76267 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# server
+sonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io
+
 # project
 sonar.projectKey=GreyNoise-Intelligence_pygreynoise
 sonar.organization=greynoise-intelligence
@@ -8,7 +11,3 @@ sonar.tests=tests
 sonar.python.pylint.reportPath=workspace/pylint.txt
 sonar.python.xunit.reportPath=workspace/test_results/pytest.xml
 sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=workspace/coverage/report.xml
-
-# authentication
-sonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io
-sonar.login=36b503aeaab2a80a95d98e7fb105772d7a0c0c0b