diff --git a/crawlers/crawlDomain.js b/crawlers/crawlDomain.js
index f474dc6d..72b5534b 100644
--- a/crawlers/crawlDomain.js
+++ b/crawlers/crawlDomain.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   isDisallowedInRobotsTxt,
   getUrlsFromRobotsTxt,
   getBlackListedPatterns,
+  urlWithoutAuth
 } from '../constants/common.js';
 import { areLinksEqual, isFollowStrategy } from '../utils.js';
 import { handlePdfDownload, runPdfScan, mapPdfScanResults } from './pdfScanFunc.js';
@@ -337,7 +338,11 @@ const crawlDomain = async (
         }
 
         await waitForPageLoaded(page, 10000);
-        const actualUrl = page.url(); // Initialize with the actual URL
+        let actualUrl = request.url;
+
+        if (page.url() !== 'about:blank') {
+          actualUrl = page.url();
+        }
 
         if (!isScanPdfs) {
           if (isExcluded(actualUrl) || isUrlPdf(actualUrl)) {
@@ -478,13 +483,13 @@ const crawlDomain = async (
               });
 
               urlsCrawled.scanned.push({
-                url: request.url,
+                url: urlWithoutAuth(request.url),
                 pageTitle: results.pageTitle,
                 actualUrl: request.loadedUrl, // i.e. actualUrl
               });
 
               urlsCrawled.scannedRedirects.push({
-                fromUrl: request.url,
+                fromUrl: urlWithoutAuth(request.url),
                 toUrl: request.loadedUrl, // i.e. actualUrl
               });
 
@@ -498,9 +503,9 @@ const crawlDomain = async (
             if (urlsCrawled.scanned.length < maxRequestsPerCrawl) {
               guiInfoLog(guiInfoStatusTypes.SCANNED, {
                 numScanned: urlsCrawled.scanned.length,
-                urlScanned: request.url,
+                urlScanned: urlWithoutAuth(request.url),
               });
-              urlsCrawled.scanned.push({ url: request.url, pageTitle: results.pageTitle });
+              urlsCrawled.scanned.push({ url: urlWithoutAuth(request.url), pageTitle: results.pageTitle });
               await dataset.pushData(results);
             }
           }
diff --git a/crawlers/crawlSitemap.js b/crawlers/crawlSitemap.js
index d6b485e1..2679fdfa 100644
--- a/crawlers/crawlSitemap.js
+++ b/crawlers/crawlSitemap.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   getPlaywrightLaunchOptions,
   messageOptions,
   isSkippedUrl,
+  urlWithoutAuth,
 } from '../constants/common.js';
 import { areLinksEqual, isWhitelistedContentType } from '../utils.js';
 import { handlePdfDownload, runPdfScan, mapPdfScanResults } from './pdfScanFunc.js';
@@ -249,20 +250,20 @@ const crawlSitemap = async (
             }
   
             urlsCrawled.scanned.push({
-              url: request.url,
+              url: urlWithoutAuth(request.url),
               pageTitle: results.pageTitle,
               actualUrl: request.loadedUrl, // i.e. actualUrl
             });
   
             urlsCrawled.scannedRedirects.push({
-              fromUrl: request.url,
+              fromUrl: urlWithoutAuth(request.url),
               toUrl: request.loadedUrl, // i.e. actualUrl
             });
   
             results.url = request.url;
             results.actualUrl = request.loadedUrl;
           } else {
-            urlsCrawled.scanned.push({ url: request.url, pageTitle: results.pageTitle });
+            urlsCrawled.scanned.push({ url: urlWithoutAuth(request.url), pageTitle: results.pageTitle });
           }
           await dataset.pushData(results);
         } else {
diff --git a/npmIndex.js b/npmIndex.js
index dc248760..e53f807e 100644
--- a/npmIndex.js
+++ b/npmIndex.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
   deleteClonedProfiles, 
   getBrowserToRun, 
   getPlaywrightLaunchOptions, 
-  submitForm 
+  submitForm,
+  urlWithoutAuth
 } from './constants/common.js'
 import { createCrawleeSubFolders, filterAxeResults } from './crawlers/commonCrawlerFunc.js';
 import {
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export const init = async (
     }
     const pageIndex = urlsCrawled.scanned.length + 1; 
     const filteredResults = filterAxeResults(res.axeScanResults, res.pageTitle, { pageIndex , metadata });
-    urlsCrawled.scanned.push({ url: res.pageUrl, pageTitle: `${pageIndex}: ${res.pageTitle}` });
+    urlsCrawled.scanned.push({ url: urlWithoutAuth(res.pageUrl), pageTitle: `${pageIndex}: ${res.pageTitle}` });
 
     mustFixIssues += filteredResults.mustFix ? filteredResults.mustFix.totalItems : 0;
     goodToFixIssues += filteredResults.goodToFix ? filteredResults.goodToFix.totalItems : 0;