diff --git a/lib/core/plugin/network.rb b/lib/core/plugin/network.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugin/network.rb
+++ b/lib/core/plugin/network.rb
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ class Network < Nucleon.plugin_class(:nucleon, :base)
       local_node.normalize(true)
       local_node.localize
     end
+
+    local_node.password = node_password
     local_node
   end
Adding password set to the local node accessor in the base network plugin.