diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index a3b0ca551af96feb6f1fa6f57741afe3c5268ed9..8e357c950cbc43a8c5ea2cd27e96b17c9891345d 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -92,11 +92,22 @@
         app_path: "/home/{{ deploy_user_name }}/iPPIDB/ippisite"
         settings: "ippisite.{{ ansible_hostname }}_settings"
     # FIXME: this should obviously be removed before switching to prod. env.
-    - name: restrict access to the web server to specific IPs
+    - name: install passlib for htpasswd in ansible
+      yum: name=python-passlib state=installed
+    - file:
+        path: /etc/ippidb-80/passwdfile
+        state: absent
+    - htpasswd:
+        path: /etc/ippidb-80/passwdfile
+        name: ippidb
+        password: 'LeroyMerlin' #FIXME FIXME should be secret
+        owner: "{{ deploy_user_name }}"
+        mode: 0640
+    - name: add httpd conf to use HTTP authentication
       lineinfile: dest=/etc/ippidb-80/httpd.conf 
                   regexp=''
                   insertafter=EOF
-                  line='<Location '/'>\nRequire all denied\nRequire ip 10.6.108.60\nRequire ip 10.6.107.22\nRequire ip 157.99\n</Location>\n'
+                  line='LoadModule auth_basic_module '${MOD_WSGI_MODULES_DIRECTORY}/mod_auth_basic.so'\nLoadModule authn_core_module '${MOD_WSGI_MODULES_DIRECTORY}/mod_authn_core.so'\nLoadModule authn_file_module '${MOD_WSGI_MODULES_DIRECTORY}/mod_authn_file.so'\nLoadModule authz_core_module '${MOD_WSGI_MODULES_DIRECTORY}/mod_authz_core.so'\nLoadModule authz_user_module '${MOD_WSGI_MODULES_DIRECTORY}/mod_authz_user.so'\n<Location />\nAuthType Basic\nAuthName "Restricted Files"\nAuthUserFile /etc/ippidb-80/passwdfile\nRequire valid-user\n</Location>\n'
     - name: copy systemd service file for IPPIDB-web
       copy: 
         remote_src: true
diff --git a/ippisite/ippidb/views.py b/ippisite/ippidb/views.py
index 805185c162561cc2765508f9ed4b91f17e643d07..e06ba57612e474cca1082bdb603101d8604e3f19 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippidb/views.py
+++ b/ippisite/ippidb/views.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class IppiWizard(NamedUrlSessionWizardView):
         if step == 'ProteinDomainComplexForm':
             pks = self.storage.get_step_data('PDBForm').get('pks')            
             print("Proteins",Protein.objects.filter(id__in=pks))
+        if step == 'PpiForm':
+            initial['pdb_id'] = self.storage.get_step_data('PDBForm').get('PDBForm-pdb_id')
         return self.initial_dict.get(step, initial)
     
     def process_step(self, form):