diff --git a/library/dripline_config.cc b/library/dripline_config.cc
index 10799445..8a95080d 100644
--- a/library/dripline_config.cc
+++ b/library/dripline_config.cc
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ namespace dripline
     void add_dripline_options( scarab::main_app& an_app )
     {
         // authentication for the broker
-        an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "-u,--username", "auth-groups.dripline.username.override", "Specify the username for the rabbitmq broker" );
-        an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "--password", "auth-groups.dripline.password.override", "Specify a password for the rabbitmq broker -- NOTE: this will be plain text on the command line and may end up in your command history!" );
-        an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "--password-file", "auth-groups.dripline.password.override-file", "Specify a file (e.g. a secrets file) to be read in as the rabbitmq broker password" );
+        an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "-u,--username", "auth-groups.dripline.username.value", "Specify the username for the rabbitmq broker" );
+        an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "--password", "auth-groups.dripline.password.value", "Specify a password for the rabbitmq broker -- NOTE: this will be plain text on the command line and may end up in your command history!" );
+        an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "--password-file", "auth-groups.dripline.password.file", "Specify a file (e.g. a secrets file) to be read in as the rabbitmq broker password" );
         an_app.add_config_option< std::string >( "--auth-file", "auth-file", "Set the authentication file path" );
 
         // other dripline things