diff --git a/jsonfxns.go b/jsonfxns.go
index a703acd5..ccee3661 100644
--- a/jsonfxns.go
+++ b/jsonfxns.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // MarshallAndSend takes the reply structure, marshalls it to json, and
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ func MarshallAndSend(rawReply Reply, w io.Writer) (string, error) {
 // than net/rpc/jsonrpc since that one doesn't support http connections and is
 // therefore useless.
 func jsonRpcSend(user string, password string, server string, message []byte) (*http.Response, error) {
-	resp, err := http.Post("http://"+user+":"+password+"@"+server,
+	credentials := user + ":" + password
+	resp, err := http.Post("http://"+credentials+"@"+server,
 		"application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(message))
 	if err != nil {
 		// We do not want to log the username/password in the errors.
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(`http://\w+:\w+`)
-		errString := re.ReplaceAllString(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err), "")
-		err = fmt.Errorf(errString)
+		replaceStr := "<username>:<password>"
+		str := strings.Replace(err.Error(), credentials, replaceStr, -1)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%v", str)
 	}
 	return resp, err
 }
diff --git a/test_coverage.txt b/test_coverage.txt
index 863b0e8d..7203dd6f 100644
--- a/test_coverage.txt
+++ b/test_coverage.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 CreateMessage	 100.00% (310/310)
+github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonfxns.go jsonRpcSend	 100.00% (7/7)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonfxns.go MarshallAndSend 100.00% (7/7)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonfxns.go GetRaw		 100.00% (6/6)
-github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonfxns.go jsonRpcSend	 100.00% (6/6)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 jsonWithArgs	 100.00% (5/5)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 IsValidIdType	 100.00% (3/3)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 RpcCommand	 66.67% (18/27)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 readResultCmd	 40.00% (20/50)
-github.com/conformal/btcjson		 --------------- 90.58% (375/414)
+github.com/conformal/btcjson		 --------------- 90.60% (376/415)