diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/service_now.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/service_now.py
index ab395ebcdd..18b25fab54 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/service_now.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/service_now.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 # Copyright: (c) 2019, Ansible Project
 # Copyright: (c) 2017, Tim Rightnour <thegarbledone@gmail.com>
 # Simplified BSD License (see licenses/simplified_bsd.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class ServiceNowClient(object):
     def snow_argument_spec():
         return dict(
             instance=dict(type='str', required=True),
-            username=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
+            username=dict(type='str', required=True),
             password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
             client_id=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
             client_secret=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record.py b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record.py
index c94b3cdf20..af21b18c31 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 # Copyright: (c) 2017, Tim Rightnour <thegarbledone@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ def run_module():
 
     # Connect to ServiceNow
     service_now_client = ServiceNowClient(module)
+    service_now_client.login()
     conn = service_now_client.conn
 
     params = module.params
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record_find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record_find.py
index 5ea03aa934..a9de154623 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record_find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/snow_record_find.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 # Copyright: (c) 2017, Tim Rightnour <thegarbledone@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ def run_module():
 
     # Connect to ServiceNow
     service_now_client = ServiceNowClient(module)
+    service_now_client.login()
     conn = service_now_client.conn
 
     params = module.params