diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
index 5f27d351..9f9fa2e9 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class HDTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         self.supportsBacklog = True
 
         self.enabled = False
-        self.uid = None
-        self.hash = None
+        self._uid = None
+        self._hash = None
         self.username = None
         self.password = None
         self.ratio = None
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class HDTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         if any(requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self.session.cookies).values()):
             return True
 
-        if self.uid and self.hash:
+        if self._uid and self._hash:
 
             requests.utils.add_dict_to_cookiejar(self.session.cookies, self.cookies)
 
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ class HDTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
                 logger.log(u'Invalid username or password for ' + self.name + ' Check your settings', logger.ERROR)
                 return False
 
-            self.uid = requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self.session.cookies)['uid']
-            self.hash = requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self.session.cookies)['pass']
+            self._uid = requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self.session.cookies)['uid']
+            self._hash = requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self.session.cookies)['pass']
 
-            self.cookies = {'uid': self.uid,
-                            'pass': self.hash
+            self.cookies = {'uid': self._uid,
+                            'pass': self._hash
             }
 
         return True