1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/reference/logging-filter/logging-filter-base/src/main/java/org/onap/logging/filter/base/MDCSetup.java b/reference/logging-filter/logging-filter-base/src/main/java/org/onap/logging/filter/base/MDCSetup.java
index d0caa46..a900968 100644
--- a/reference/logging-filter/logging-filter-base/src/main/java/org/onap/logging/filter/base/MDCSetup.java
+++ b/reference/logging-filter/logging-filter-base/src/main/java/org/onap/logging/filter/base/MDCSetup.java
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class MDCSetup {
 
     protected String getBasicAuthUserName(SimpleMap headers) {
         String encodedAuthorizationValue = headers.get(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION);
-        if (encodedAuthorizationValue != null) {
+        if (encodedAuthorizationValue != null && encodedAuthorizationValue.startsWith("Basic")) {
             try {
                 // This will strip the word Basic and single space
                 encodedAuthorizationValue = encodedAuthorizationValue.substring(6);