diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b3601a0ab3..acbc7476309 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ before_script:
     - mysql LorisTest -u root -e "GRANT UPDATE,INSERT,SELECT,DELETE,DROP,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON LorisTest.* TO 'SQLTestUser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'TestPassword' WITH GRANT OPTION"
     - cp docs/config/config.xml project/config.xml
     - cp docs/config/config.xml test/config.xml
-    - sed -i -e "s/%HOSTNAME%/127.0.0.1/g" -e "s/%USERNAME%/SQLTestUser/g" -e "s/%PASSWORD%/TestPassword/g" -e "s/%DATABASE%/LorisTest/g" project/config.xml
-    - sed -i -e "s/%HOSTNAME%/127.0.0.1/g" -e "s/%USERNAME%/SQLTestUser/g" -e "s/%PASSWORD%/TestPassword/g" -e "s/%DATABASE%/LorisTest/g" test/config.xml
+    - sed -i -e "s/%HOSTNAME%/127.0.0.1/g" -e "s/%USERNAME%/SQLTestUser/g" -e "s/%PASSWORD%/TestPassword/g" -e "s/%DATABASE%/LorisTest/g" -e "s/%APIUSERNAME%/travis/g" -e 's/%APIPASSWORD%/$Demo4022/g' -e 's/%APIURL%/http://localhost:8000/g' project/config.xml
+    - sed -i -e "s/%HOSTNAME%/127.0.0.1/g" -e "s/%USERNAME%/SQLTestUser/g" -e "s/%PASSWORD%/TestPassword/g" -e "s/%DATABASE%/LorisTest/g" -e "s/%APIUSERNAME%/travis/g" -e 's/%APIPASSWORD%/$Demo4022/g' -e 's/%APIURL%/http://localhost:8000/g' test/config.xml
     - mysql LorisTest -e "INSERT INTO users (UserID, Password, Real_name, First_name, Last_name, Degree, Position_title, Institution, Department, Address, City, State, Zip_code, Country, Fax, Email, Privilege, PSCPI, DBAccess, Active, Password_hash, Password_expiry, Pending_approval, Doc_Repo_Notifications, Phone) VALUES('travis', NULL, 'unix account', 'unix', 'account', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'unixtest@mail.com', 0, 'N', '', 'Y', '$2y$10$6JvNxHFCugACdUPvCpm3zeSLCEwSKsUyBbfv0/tWKAa8Ga8MmeZIG', '2019-12-06', 'N', 'N', NULL)"
     - mysql LorisTest -e "INSERT INTO user_psc_rel VALUES ((SELECT ID FROM users WHERE UserID='travis'), 1)"
     # Set the admin account password to a known value for testing. This needs to be done
diff --git a/docs/config/config.xml b/docs/config/config.xml
index 644ce21a3db..d1e1fdf87ba 100644
--- a/docs/config/config.xml
+++ b/docs/config/config.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
         <adminpass>%COUCH_PASSWORD%</adminpass>
     </CouchDB>
 
+    <api>
+        <username>%APIUSERNAME%</username>
+        <password>%APIPASSWORD%</password>
+        <url>%APIURL%</url>
+    </api>
+
     <!-- study variables -->
     <study>
         <PSCID>