diff --git a/pysonic/api.py b/pysonic/api.py
index a1ab0e4..ce2a354 100644
--- a/pysonic/api.py
+++ b/pysonic/api.py
@@ -285,25 +285,28 @@ class PysonicApi(object):
     def getUser_view(self, u, username, **kwargs):
         cherrypy.response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'
         doc, root = self.response()
-        user = doc.new_tag("user",
-                           username="admin",
-                           email="admin@localhost",
-                           scrobblingEnabled="false",
-                           adminRole="false",
-                           settingsRole="false",
-                           downloadRole="true",
-                           uploadRole="false",
-                           playlistRole="true",
-                           coverArtRole="false",
-                           commentRole="false",
-                           podcastRole="false",
-                           streamRole="true",
-                           jukeboxRole="false",
-                           shareRole="true",
-                           videoConversionRole="false",
-                           avatarLastChanged="2017-08-07T20:16:24.596Z")
-        root.append(user)
+
+        user = {} if self.options.disable_auth else self.library.db.get_user(cherrypy.request.login)
+        tag = doc.new_tag("user",
+                          username=user["username"],
+                          email=user["email"],
+                          scrobblingEnabled="false",
+                          adminRole="true" if user["admin"] else "false",
+                          settingsRole="false",
+                          downloadRole="true",
+                          uploadRole="false",
+                          playlistRole="true",
+                          coverArtRole="false",
+                          commentRole="false",
+                          podcastRole="false",
+                          streamRole="true",
+                          jukeboxRole="false",
+                          shareRole="true",
+                          videoConversionRole="false",
+                          avatarLastChanged="2017-08-07T20:16:24.596Z")
+        root.append(tag)
         folder = doc.new_tag("folder")
         folder.append("0")
-        user.append(folder)
+        tag.append(folder)
         yield doc.prettify()
+
diff --git a/pysonic/daemon.py b/pysonic/daemon.py
index 658f320..ddbeba1 100644
--- a/pysonic/daemon.py
+++ b/pysonic/daemon.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def main():
     logging.warning("Artists: {}".format([i["name"] for i in library.get_artists()]))
     logging.warning("Albums: {}".format(len(library.get_albums())))
 
+    api = PysonicApi(db, library, args)
     api_config = {}
     if args.disable_auth:
         logging.warning("starting up with auth disabled")
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def main():
         api_config.update({'tools.auth_basic.on': True,
                            'tools.auth_basic.realm': 'pysonic',
                            'tools.auth_basic.checkpassword': db.validate_password})
-    cherrypy.tree.mount(PysonicApi(db, library, args), '/rest/', {'/': api_config})
+    cherrypy.tree.mount(api, '/rest/', {'/': api_config})
 
     cherrypy.config.update({
         'sessionFilter.on': True,
diff --git a/pysonic/database.py b/pysonic/database.py
index d2d410e..1d9e677 100644
--- a/pysonic/database.py
+++ b/pysonic/database.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ def dict_factory(cursor, row):
     return d
 
 
+class NotFoundError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class PysonicDatabase(object):
     def __init__(self, path):
         self.sqlite_opts = dict(check_same_thread=False, cached_statements=0, isolation_level=None)
@@ -141,3 +145,12 @@ class PysonicDatabase(object):
         with closing(self.db.cursor()) as cursor:
             cursor.execute("REPLACE INTO users (username, password, admin) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
                            (username, self.hashit(password), is_admin)).fetchall()
+
+    def get_user(self, user):
+        with closing(self.db.cursor()) as cursor:
+            try:
+                column = "id" if type(user) is int else "username"
+                return cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM users WHERE {}=?;".format(column), (user, )).fetchall()[0]
+            except IndexError:
+                raise NotFoundError("User doesn't exist")
+
diff --git a/pysonic/library.py b/pysonic/library.py
index 086df7b..9357d98 100644
--- a/pysonic/library.py
+++ b/pysonic/library.py
@@ -93,3 +93,7 @@ class PysonicLibrary(object):
                 "mediumImageUrl": "",
                 "largeImageUrl": "",
                 "similarArtists": []}
+
+    def get_user(self, user):
+        if type(user) is int:
+            return self.db.get_user(username)