diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/models.py b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
index 72ac620cea8a7d0c6bca68610b92bf485050ed95..abc4f6fb073aca0993a8eb3cb39a0f03ab4c0b3d 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/models.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ class Container(list):
                 sync_remote_entities = []
 
                 for remote_entity in remote_container:
-                    if (remote_entity.name is not None \
+                    if (remote_entity.name is not None
                         and (str(remote_entity.name) == str(local_entity.name)
                              or
                              (name_case_sensitive is False and
diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py b/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py
index e0b4c7603145e2b7435a874bb04869c560710ec7..7edec7c814d9019d43701b33d4022063081714a7 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/authentication/input.py
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ class InputCredentialsProvider(CredentialsProvider):
         else:
             self._username = input("Please enter the user name: ")
 
-        self._password = getpass.getpass("Please enter the password: ")
+        url = config["url"]
+        self._password = getpass.getpass(
+            "Please enter the password for `{}` at `{}`: ".format(
+                self._username, url))
 
     @property
     def password(self):