diff --git a/src/firefly/java/edu/caltech/ipac/astro/ibe/IBE.java b/src/firefly/java/edu/caltech/ipac/astro/ibe/IBE.java
index 3d1945ff18..56d2cd28f3 100644
--- a/src/firefly/java/edu/caltech/ipac/astro/ibe/IBE.java
+++ b/src/firefly/java/edu/caltech/ipac/astro/ibe/IBE.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import edu.caltech.ipac.astro.ibe.datasource.PtfIbeDataSource;
 import edu.caltech.ipac.astro.ibe.datasource.WiseIbeDataSource;
 import edu.caltech.ipac.firefly.data.FileInfo;
+import edu.caltech.ipac.firefly.server.ServerContext;
 import edu.caltech.ipac.firefly.server.query.DataAccessException;
 import edu.caltech.ipac.firefly.server.query.URLFileInfoProcessor;
 import edu.caltech.ipac.util.DataGroup;
@@ -176,7 +177,9 @@ private FileInfo downloadViaUrl(URL url, Map<String, String> sourceParams, File
                 progressKey= sourceParams.get("ProgressKey");
                 plotId= sourceParams.get("plotId");
             }
-            return URLFileInfoProcessor.retrieveViaURL(url,dir, progressKey, plotId, null, null);
+            Map<String, String> identityCookies = ServerContext.getRequestOwner().getIdentityCookies();
+
+            return URLFileInfoProcessor.retrieveViaURL(url,dir, progressKey, plotId, null, identityCookies);
         } catch (DataAccessException e) {
             throw new IOException(e.getMessage(), e);
         }