diff --git a/copyparty/authsrv.py b/copyparty/authsrv.py
index e21f2018..bd7b72dd 100644
--- a/copyparty/authsrv.py
+++ b/copyparty/authsrv.py
@@ -130,11 +130,10 @@ class VFS(object):
 class AuthSrv(object):
     """verifies users against given paths"""
 
-    def __init__(self, args, log_func):
-        self.log_func = log_func
+    def __init__(self, args, log_func, warn_anonwrite=True):
         self.args = args
-
-        self.warn_anonwrite = True
+        self.log_func = log_func
+        self.warn_anonwrite = warn_anonwrite
 
         if WINDOWS:
             self.re_vol = re.compile(r"^([a-zA-Z]:[\\/][^:]*|[^:]*):([^:]*):(.*)$")
diff --git a/copyparty/svchub.py b/copyparty/svchub.py
index 47cd42de..0a8b73cf 100644
--- a/copyparty/svchub.py
+++ b/copyparty/svchub.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class SvcHub(object):
         self.up2k = Up2k(self)
 
         if self.args.e2d and self.args.e2s:
-            auth = AuthSrv(self.args, self.log)
+            auth = AuthSrv(self.args, self.log, False)
             self.up2k.build_indexes(auth.all_writable)
 
         # decide which worker impl to use