diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs
similarity index 71%
rename from app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI.cs
rename to app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs
index 6bc76641..f06fbc7c 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs	
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+using ERI_Client.V1;
+
+// ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
 namespace AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// An external data source, accessed via an ERI server, cf. https://github.com/MindWorkAI/ERI.
 /// </summary>
-public readonly record struct DataSourceERI : IDataSource
+public readonly record struct DataSourceERI_V1 : IDataSource
 {
-    public DataSourceERI()
+    public DataSourceERI_V1()
     {
     }
     
@@ -30,4 +33,9 @@ public readonly record struct DataSourceERI : IDataSource
     /// The port of the ERI server.
     /// </summary>
     public int Port { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The authentication method to use.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AuthMethod AuthMethod { get; init; } = AuthMethod.NONE;
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceType.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceType.cs
index 5749fd3f..9c8b031f 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceType.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceType.cs	
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ public enum DataSourceType
     /// <summary>
     /// External data source accessed via an ERI server, cf. https://github.com/MindWorkAI/ERI.
     /// </summary>
-    ERI,
+    ERI_V1,
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceTypeExtension.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceTypeExtension.cs
index 39d67de9..a630a922 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceTypeExtension.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceTypeExtension.cs	
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public static class DataSourceTypeExtension
         {
             DataSourceType.LOCAL_FILE => "Local File",
             DataSourceType.LOCAL_DIRECTORY => "Local Directory",
-            DataSourceType.ERI => "External ERI Server",
+            DataSourceType.ERI_V1 => "External ERI Server (v1)",
             
             _ => "None",
         };