diff --git a/quackpipe.go b/quackpipe.go
index 18f0a62..99fd09d 100644
--- a/quackpipe.go
+++ b/quackpipe.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"bufio"
 	"database/sql"
 	_ "embed"
@@ -326,6 +327,14 @@ func main() {
 			if r.URL.Query().Get("default_params") != "" {
 				default_params = r.URL.Query().Get("default_params")
 			}
+			// auth to hash based temp file storage
+			username, password, ok := r.BasicAuth()
+			if ok && len(password) > 0 {
+				hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(username + password))
+				hashdb, _ := fmt.Printf("/tmp/%x.db", hash)
+				repath := regexp.MustCompile(`(.*?)\?`)
+				default_params = repath.ReplaceAllString(default_params, repath+"?")
+			}
 			// extract FORMAT from query and override the current `default_format`
 			cleanquery, format := extractAndRemoveFormat(query)
 			if len(format) > 0 {