diff --git a/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/utils/auth.py b/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/utils/auth.py
index 39a1f7dfa..fddafb6c9 100644
--- a/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/utils/auth.py
+++ b/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/utils/auth.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ def initialize_from_auth_variables(self, auth: AuthVariables, clear_cache: bool
                 scopes=self._scopes,
             )
             self._credentials_provider = OAuthInteractive(**self._credentials_args)
-        elif auth.login_flow == "client_credentials" and auth.provider == "cog_idp":
+        elif auth.login_flow == "client_credentials" and auth.provider == "cdf":
             if not (auth.client_id and auth.client_secret):
                 raise AuthenticationError(
                     "Login flow=client_credentials is set but missing required authentication "
diff --git a/cognite_toolkit/demo/_base.py b/cognite_toolkit/demo/_base.py
index 95a3b8ad6..964a98c85 100644
--- a/cognite_toolkit/demo/_base.py
+++ b/cognite_toolkit/demo/_base.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def quickstart(
             print("Switching to the demo service principal...")
             self._cdf_tool_config = CDFToolConfig(
                 auth_vars=AuthVariables(
+                    provider="cdf",
                     cluster=self._cdf_tool_config.cdf_cluster,
                     project=self._cdf_tool_config.project,
                     login_flow="client_credentials",