diff --git a/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/access.ts b/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/access.ts
index ed799b5e..41df869a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/access.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/access.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class ProxmoxAccess extends BaseAccess {
       placeholder: 'realm',
     },
     required: true,
-    encrypt: true,
+    encrypt: false,
   })
   realm = '';
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/plugins/plugin-upload.ts b/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/plugins/plugin-upload.ts
index 8f04df02..3de4110a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/plugins/plugin-upload.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/certd-server/src/plugins/plugin-proxmox/plugins/plugin-upload.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class ProxmoxUploadCert extends AbstractPlusTaskPlugin {
     const access: ProxmoxAccess = await this.getAccess<ProxmoxAccess>(this.accessId);
     const pve = await import('@corsinvest/cv4pve-api-javascript');
     const client = new pve.PveClient(access.host, access.port);
-    const login = await client.login(access.username, access.password, access.realm);
+    const login = await client.login(access.username, access.password, access.realm || 'pam');
     if (!login) {
       throw new Error(`Login failed:${JSON.stringify(login)}`);
     }