diff --git a/Documentation/Changelog.md b/Documentation/Changelog.md
index b27a45895..866351049 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changelog.md
+++ b/Documentation/Changelog.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ For more details, please refer to:
 
 For more details, please refer to:
 
+* [MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.4 Release Notes](Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.4-Release-Notes.md)
 * [MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.3 Release Notes](Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.3-Release-Notes.md)
 * [MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.2 Release Notes](Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.2-Release-Notes.md)
 * [MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.1 Release Notes](Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.1-Release-Notes.md)
diff --git a/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.4-Release-Notes.md b/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.4-Release-Notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb98103cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.4-Release-Notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.4 Release Notes
+
+Release 2.3.4 is a GA release.
+
+This document describes the changes in release 2.3.4, when compared to the
+previous release in the same series.
+
+For any problems you encounter, please consider submitting a bug
+report on [our Jira](https://jira.mariadb.org/projects/MXS).
+
+## New Features
+
+* [MXS-2112](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2112) Create tool to gather a total system report
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* [MXS-2322](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2322) Null characters in passwords break maxctrl
+* [MXS-2315](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2315) std::regex_error exception on csmon startup
+* [MXS-2310](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2310) Cannot create .avsc files if no database connection
+* [MXS-2305](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2305) UNIX users are not shown in `maxctrl list users`
+* [MXS-2303](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2303) Missing server parameters log wrong error
+* [MXS-2300](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2300) Reconnection requirements are too strict
+* [MXS-2299](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2299) Routing hints are ignored for multi-statement and SP calls
+* [MXS-2295](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2295) COM_CHANGE_USER does not clear out session command history
+* [MXS-2268](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2268) readwritesplitter is not routing queries properly in Maxscale 2.3.2
+* [MXS-2265](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2265) Timestamp value '0000-00-00 00:00:00' conversion issue
+* [MXS-2237](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2237) server status labels are not documented
+* [MXS-2038](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2038) debug assert at rwsplit_route_stmt.cc:469 failed: btype != BE_MASTER
+
+## Known Issues and Limitations
+
+There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale.
+For more information, please refer to the [Limitations](../About/Limitations.md) document.
+
+## Packaging
+
+RPM and Debian packages are provided for supported the Linux distributions.
+
+Packages can be downloaded [here](https://mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb-tx/maxscale).
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code of MaxScale is tagged at GitHub with a tag, which is identical
+with the version of MaxScale. For instance, the tag of version X.Y.Z of MaxScale
+is `maxscale-X.Y.Z`. Further, the default branch is always the latest GA version
+of MaxScale.
+
+The source code is available [here](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale).
diff --git a/maxctrl/lib/common.js b/maxctrl/lib/common.js
index 99615833d..ce7459075 100644
--- a/maxctrl/lib/common.js
+++ b/maxctrl/lib/common.js
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
             base = 'https://'
         }
 
-        return base + argv.u + ':' + argv.p + '@' + host + '/v1/' + endpoint
+        return base + host + '/v1/' + endpoint
     }
 
 
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
     this.doAsyncRequest = function(host, resource, cb, obj) {
         args = obj || {}
         args.uri = getUri(host, this.argv.secure, resource)
+        args.auth = {user: argv.u, pass: argv.p}
         args.json = true
         args.timeout = this.argv.timeout
         setTlsCerts(args)