diff --git a/lib/cloudcmd.js b/lib/cloudcmd.js
index c7f7edee..a2df6ce4 100644
--- a/lib/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/lib/cloudcmd.js
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
         edward.listen(socket, {
             size: size,
             root: root,
-            prefix: prefix + '/edward'
+            prefix: prefix + '/edward',
+            authCheck: authCheck
         });
         
         dword.listen(socket, {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06ceaca6..8a11ef1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "copymitter": "^1.8.0",
     "criton": "^1.0.0",
     "dword": "^3.0.3",
-    "edward": "^3.0.0",
+    "edward": "^3.1.0",
     "execon": "^1.2.0",
     "express": "^4.13.0",
     "files-io": "^1.2.0",