diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb431f0..a5abd90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,3 +73,6 @@ build/
 !**/ios/**/default.pbxuser
 !**/ios/**/default.perspectivev3
 !/packages/flutter_tools/test/data/dart_dependencies_test/**/.packages
+
+# VSCODE related
+.vscode/launch.json
diff --git a/lib/src/transmission.dart b/lib/src/transmission.dart
index 0d6e322..4b8852e 100644
--- a/lib/src/transmission.dart
+++ b/lib/src/transmission.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+
 import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
 
 const csrfProtectionHeader = 'X-Transmission-Session-Id';
+const basicAuthentication = 'Authorization';
+const proxyBasicAuthentication = 'Proxy-Authorization';
 
 const methodAddTorrent = 'torrent-add';
 const methodRemoveTorrent = 'torrent-remove';
@@ -104,15 +108,25 @@ class Transmission {
   /// [proxyUrl] url use as a proxy, urls will be added at the end before request, default to null
   /// [enableLog] boolean to show http logs or not
   factory Transmission(
-      {String? baseUrl, String? proxyUrl, bool enableLog = false}) {
+      {String? baseUrl,
+      String? proxyUrl,
+      bool enableLog = false,
+      String? username,
+      String? password}) {
     baseUrl ??= 'http://localhost:9091/transmission/rpc';
-    return Transmission._(
-        Dio(BaseOptions(
-            baseUrl: proxyUrl == null
-                ? baseUrl
-                : proxyUrl + Uri.encodeComponent(baseUrl))),
-        proxyUrl != null,
-        enableLog);
+    Dio client = Dio(BaseOptions(
+        baseUrl: proxyUrl == null
+            ? baseUrl
+            : proxyUrl + Uri.encodeComponent(baseUrl)));
+    if (username != null && password != null) {
+      String auth = base64.encode(utf8.encode('$username:$password'));
+      if (proxyUrl != null) {
+        client.options.headers[proxyBasicAuthentication] = 'Basic $auth';
+      } else {
+        client.options.headers[basicAuthentication] = 'Basic $auth';
+      }
+    }
+    return Transmission._(client, proxyUrl != null, enableLog);
   }
 
   /// close all connexions
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 67ce930..af76a8e 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -5,63 +5,72 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: charcode
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: "8e36feea6de5ea69f2199f29cf42a450a855738c498b57c0b980e2d3cca9c362"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.2.0"
   collection:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: collection
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: "6d4193120997ecfd09acf0e313f13dc122b119e5eca87ef57a7d065ec9183762"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.15.0"
   dio:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: dio
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: bf173c8bc66b776e3c2892b6ac56ac1a5ad73d21dd06d337f9fe656f63612947
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "4.0.0"
   http_parser:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: http_parser
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: e362d639ba3bc07d5a71faebb98cde68c05bfbcfbbb444b60b6f60bb67719185
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "4.0.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: path
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: "2ad4cddff7f5cc0e2d13069f2a3f7a73ca18f66abd6f5ecf215219cdb3638edb"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.8.0"
   source_span:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: source_span
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: d5f89a9e52b36240a80282b3dc0667dd36e53459717bb17b8fb102d30496606a
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.8.1"
   string_scanner:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: string_scanner
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: dd11571b8a03f7cadcf91ec26a77e02bfbd6bbba2a512924d3116646b4198fc4
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.1.0"
   term_glyph:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: term_glyph
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: a88162591b02c1f3a3db3af8ce1ea2b374bd75a7bb8d5e353bcfbdc79d719830
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.2.0"
   typed_data:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: typed_data
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+      sha256: "53bdf7e979cfbf3e28987552fd72f637e63f3c8724c9e56d9246942dc2fa36ee"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.3.0"
 sdks:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index f298269..832299a 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ environment:
 
 dependencies:
   dio: '>=4.0.0 <5.0.0'
+  
 
 dev_dependencies: