diff --git a/internal/api/ws/ws.go b/internal/api/ws/ws.go
index 1d945bfe..981d1b41 100644
--- a/internal/api/ws/ws.go
+++ b/internal/api/ws/ws.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/api"
 	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/app"
+	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/pkg/core"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ func apiWS(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if handler := wsHandlers[msg.Type]; handler != nil {
 			go func() {
 				if err = handler(tr, msg); err != nil {
-					tr.Write(&Message{Type: "error", Value: msg.Type + ": " + err.Error()})
+					errMsg := core.StripUserinfo(err.Error())
+					tr.Write(&Message{Type: "error", Value: msg.Type + ": " + errMsg})
 				}
 			}()
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/core/core_test.go b/pkg/core/core_test.go
index 4a05380a..e7845ca7 100644
--- a/pkg/core/core_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/core_test.go
@@ -118,3 +118,17 @@ func TestName(t *testing.T) {
 	// stage3
 	_ = prod2.Stop()
 }
+
+func TestStripUserinfo(t *testing.T) {
+	s := `streams:
+  test:
+    - ffmpeg:rtsp://username:password@10.1.2.3:554/stream1
+    - ffmpeg:rtsp://10.1.2.3:554/stream1@#video=copy
+`
+	s = StripUserinfo(s)
+	require.Equal(t, `streams:
+  test:
+    - ffmpeg:rtsp://***@10.1.2.3:554/stream1
+    - ffmpeg:rtsp://10.1.2.3:554/stream1@#video=copy
+`, s)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/core/helpers.go b/pkg/core/helpers.go
index 72afe897..161a5504 100644
--- a/pkg/core/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/core/helpers.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -77,3 +78,14 @@ func Caller() string {
 	_, file, line, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
 	return file + ":" + strconv.Itoa(line)
 }
+
+const (
+	unreserved = `A-Za-z0-9-._~`
+	subdelims  = `!$&'()*+,;=`
+	userinfo   = unreserved + subdelims + `%:`
+)
+
+func StripUserinfo(s string) string {
+	sanitizer := regexp.MustCompile(`://[` + userinfo + `]+@`)
+	return sanitizer.ReplaceAllString(s, `://***@`)
+}