diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
index 61d30ee..08f151d 100644
--- a/.snyk
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -6,10 +6,30 @@ ignore:
         reason: 'No patch available'
         expires: 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
         created: 2023-12-04T09:05:00.000Z
+  SNYK-JS-KATEX-8647963:
+    - '*':
+        reason: 'No patch available'
+        expires: 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
+        created: 2025-02-04T15:29:00.000Z
   SNYK-PYTHON-PANDAS-8549481:
     - '*':
         reason: 'No patch available'
         expires: 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
         created: 2025-01-02T10:30:00.000Z
+  SNYK-PYTHON-JINJA2-8548181:
+    - '*':
+        reason: 'Will patch later'
+        expires: 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
+        created: 2025-02-04T15:28:00.000Z
+  SNYK-PYTHON-JINJA2-8548987:
+    - '*':
+        reason: 'Will patch later'
+        expires: 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
+        created: 2025-02-04T15:28:00.000Z
+  SNYK-PYTHON-TORNADO-8400708:
+    - '*':
+        reason: ''
+        expires: 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
+        created: 2025-02-04T15:28:00.000Z
 patch: {}
 version: v1.25.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tagreader/web_handlers.py b/tagreader/web_handlers.py
index a949a90..6962770 100644
--- a/tagreader/web_handlers.py
+++ b/tagreader/web_handlers.py
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.datasource = datasource
         self.base_url = url
         self.session = requests.Session()
+        self.auth = auth
         self.session.auth = auth if auth is not None else get_auth_aspen()
         if verify_ssl is False:
             urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
@@ -790,6 +791,7 @@ def generate_search_params(
         tag: Optional[str],
         desc: Optional[str],
         datasource: Optional[str],
+        auth: Optional[Any] = None,
     ) -> Dict[str, str]:
         q = []
         if tag is not None:
@@ -801,7 +803,7 @@ def generate_search_params(
 
         if datasource is not None:
             params["dataserverwebid"] = (
-                f"{get_piwebapi_source_to_webid_dict()[datasource]}"
+                f"{get_piwebapi_source_to_webid_dict(auth=auth)[datasource]}"
             )
 
         return params
@@ -913,7 +915,7 @@ def search(
         return_desc: bool = True,
     ) -> Union[List[Tuple[str, str]], List[str]]:
         params = self.generate_search_params(
-            tag=tag, desc=desc, datasource=self.datasource
+            tag=tag, desc=desc, datasource=self.datasource, auth=self.auth
         )
         url = urljoin(self.base_url, "points", "search")
         done = False
@@ -969,7 +971,7 @@ def tag_to_web_id(self, tag: str) -> Optional[str]:
             return self.web_id_cache[tag]
 
         params = self.generate_search_params(
-            tag=tag, datasource=self.datasource, desc=None
+            tag=tag, datasource=self.datasource, desc=None, auth=self.auth
         )
         url = urljoin(self.base_url, "points", "search")
         data = self.fetch(url, params=params)