diff --git a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dialogs/connectControllerDialog.ts b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dialogs/connectControllerDialog.ts
index 4c1c769581..ddd9d92919 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/src/ui/dialogs/connectControllerDialog.ts
+++ b/extensions/arc/src/ui/dialogs/connectControllerDialog.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export class ConnectToControllerDialog extends InitializingComponent {
 			rememberPassword: this.rememberPwCheckBox.checked ?? false,
 			resources: []
 		};
-		const controllerModel = new ControllerModel(this._treeDataProvider, controllerInfo);
+		const controllerModel = new ControllerModel(this._treeDataProvider, controllerInfo, this.passwordInputBox.value);
 		try {
 			// Validate that we can connect to the controller, this also populates the controllerRegistration from the connection response.
 			await controllerModel.refresh(false);
diff --git a/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json b/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json
index 9dff8dc8d9..3438aff512 100644
--- a/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/azdata/package.nls.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
 	"azdata.displayName": "azdata",
-	"azdata.description": "Support for azdata"
+	"azdata.description": "Support for Azure Data CLI. See https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest for more information."
 }