diff --git a/mutt_ldap.py b/mutt_ldap.py
index c63c04e..c9cec4d 100755
--- a/mutt_ldap.py
+++ b/mutt_ldap.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def connect(self):
             sasl = _ldap_sasl.gssapi()
             self.connection.sasl_interactive_bind_s('', sasl)
         else:
-            self.connection.bind(
+            self.connection.bind_s(
                 self.config.get('auth', 'user'),
                 self.config.get('auth', 'password'),
                 _ldap.AUTH_SIMPLE)