diff --git a/auth/auth.go b/auth/auth.go
index 6eb9af22eb..bbc9e32640 100644
--- a/auth/auth.go
+++ b/auth/auth.go
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ type AuthConfig struct {
 	rootPath string `json:-`
 }
 
+func NewAuthConfig(username, password, email, rootPath string) *AuthConfig {
+	return &AuthConfig{
+		Username: username,
+		Password: password,
+		Email:    email,
+		rootPath: rootPath,
+	}
+}
+
 // create a base64 encoded auth string to store in config
 func EncodeAuth(authConfig *AuthConfig) string {
 	authStr := authConfig.Username + ":" + authConfig.Password
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 6e8342ea37..a8247855fa 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (srv *Server) CmdLogin(stdin io.ReadCloser, stdout io.Writer, args ...strin
 		password = srv.runtime.authConfig.Password
 		email = srv.runtime.authConfig.Email
 	}
-	newAuthConfig := &auth.AuthConfig{Username: username, Password: password, Email: email}
+	newAuthConfig := auth.NewAuthConfig(username, password, email, srv.runtime.root)
 	status, err := auth.Login(newAuthConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "Error : %s\n", err)