diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index e69de29bb..fb7f23531 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}
diff --git a/lib/config/figgy-config.js b/lib/config/figgy-config.js
index d704d1502..5f3f1a777 100644
--- a/lib/config/figgy-config.js
+++ b/lib/config/figgy-config.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const npm = require('../npm.js')
 const pack = require('../pack.js')
 const path = require('path')
 
-const npmSession = npm.session = crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('hex')
+const npmSession = npm.session = '' 
+// crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('hex')
 log.verbose('npm-session', npmSession)
 
 const SCOPE_REGISTRY_REGEX = /@.*:registry$/gi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9df68e33..d2cb25c45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "6.14.8",
-  "name": "npm",
+  "name": "null-session-npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "keywords": [
     "install",
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@
     "publishtest": false
   },
   "homepage": "https://docs.npmjs.com/",
-  "author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)",
+  "patched-by": "Prasanth K <kesavarapu@gmail.com> (https://github.com/cedric05)",
+  "original-author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli"
-  },
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://npm.community/c/bugs"
+    "url": "https://github.com/cedric05/cli"
   },
   "directories": {
     "bin": "./bin",