diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 3ff9a9d8..a28ba0b7 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -4714,7 +4714,7 @@ function configAuthentication(registryUrl, alwaysAuth) {
     });
 }
 exports.configAuthentication = configAuthentication;
-function getAuthToken(authUrl, authUser, authPass) {
+function getAuthContents(authUrl, authUser, authPass) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         let bh = new am.BasicCredentialHandler(authUser, authPass);
         let httpClient = new hc.HttpClient('registry-auth', [bh], {
@@ -4727,11 +4727,7 @@ function getAuthToken(authUrl, authUser, authPass) {
          * we will parse it by using indexes
          */
         let body = yield response.readBody();
-        const startIndex = body.indexOf('_auth') + 8;
-        const endIndex = body.indexOf('\n');
-        const authToken = body.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
-        console.log(authToken);
-        return authToken;
+        return body;
     });
 }
 function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, fileLocation, alwaysAuth) {
@@ -4758,7 +4754,7 @@ function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, fileLocation, alwaysAuth) {
                 }
             });
         }
-        let nodeAuthToken;
+        let authContents;
         // Check if auth url provided
         const authUrl = core.getInput('auth-url');
         if (authUrl) {
@@ -4766,7 +4762,7 @@ function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, fileLocation, alwaysAuth) {
             // Check if username and password/token provided
             const authUser = core.getInput('auth-user');
             const authPassword = core.getInput('auth-password');
-            nodeAuthToken = yield getAuthToken(authUrl, authUser, authPassword);
+            authContents = yield getAuthContents(authUrl, authUser, authPassword);
         }
         // Remove http: or https: from front of registry.
         let authString = registryUrl.replace(/(^\w+:|^)/, '') + "_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}";
@@ -4777,8 +4773,7 @@ function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, fileLocation, alwaysAuth) {
         const alwaysAuthString = `always-auth=${alwaysAuth}`;
         if (scope && includeBothRegistries === "true") {
             const registryStringNoScope = `registry=${registryUrl}`;
-            const authToken = `_auth=${nodeAuthToken}`;
-            newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}${os.EOL}${authToken}`;
+            newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}${os.EOL}${authContents}`;
         }
         else {
             newContents += `${authString}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}`;
diff --git a/src/authutil.ts b/src/authutil.ts
index 085d0bed..fac4a3fb 100644
--- a/src/authutil.ts
+++ b/src/authutil.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function configAuthentication(
   await writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, npmrc, alwaysAuth);
 }
 
-async function getAuthToken(
+async function getAuthContents(
   authUrl: string,
   authUser: string,
   authPass: string
@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ async function getAuthToken(
    * we will parse it by using indexes
    */
   let body: string = await response.readBody();
-  const startIndex = body.indexOf('_auth') + 8;
-  const endIndex = body.indexOf('\n');
-  const authToken = body.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
-  console.log(authToken);
-  return authToken;
+  return body;
 }
 
 async function writeRegistryToFile(
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ async function writeRegistryToFile(
     });
   }
 
-  let nodeAuthToken;
+  let authContents;
   // Check if auth url provided
   const authUrl: string = core.getInput('auth-url');
   if (authUrl) {
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ async function writeRegistryToFile(
     // Check if username and password/token provided
     const authUser: string = core.getInput('auth-user');
     const authPassword: string = core.getInput('auth-password');
-    nodeAuthToken = await getAuthToken(authUrl, authUser, authPassword);
+    authContents = await getAuthContents(authUrl, authUser, authPassword);
   }
 
   // Remove http: or https: from front of registry.
@@ -101,8 +97,7 @@ async function writeRegistryToFile(
   const alwaysAuthString: string = `always-auth=${alwaysAuth}`;
   if(scope && includeBothRegistries === "true") {
     const registryStringNoScope = `registry=${registryUrl}`;
-    const authToken = `_auth=${nodeAuthToken}`
-    newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}${os.EOL}${authToken}`;
+    newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}${os.EOL}${authContents}`;
   } else {
     newContents += `${authString}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}`;
   }