diff --git a/activestorage/active.py b/activestorage/active.py
index 438c52c0..efa29b47 100644
--- a/activestorage/active.py
+++ b/activestorage/active.py
@@ -515,20 +515,19 @@ def _from_storage(self, ds, indexer, chunks, out_shape, out_dtype,
         if self.interface_type == "s3" and self._version == 2:
             if self.storage_options is not None:
                 key, secret = None, None
-                if self.storage_options.get("anon", None) is True:
-                    print("Reductionist session for Anon S3 bucket.")
-                    session = reductionist.get_session(
-                        None, None, S3_ACTIVE_STORAGE_CACERT)
                 if "key" in self.storage_options:
                     key = self.storage_options["key"]
                 if "secret" in self.storage_options:
                     secret = self.storage_options["secret"]
-                if key and secret:
-                    session = reductionist.get_session(
-                        key, secret, S3_ACTIVE_STORAGE_CACERT)
+                elif self.storage_options.get("anon", None) is True:
+                    print("Reductionist session for Anon S3 bucket.")
+                    key = None
+                    secret = None
                 else:
-                    session = reductionist.get_session(
-                        S3_ACCESS_KEY, S3_SECRET_KEY, S3_ACTIVE_STORAGE_CACERT)
+                    key = S3_ACCESS_KEY
+                    secret = S3_SECRET_KEY
+                session = reductionist.get_session(
+                    key, secret, S3_ACTIVE_STORAGE_CACERT)
             else:
                 session = reductionist.get_session(S3_ACCESS_KEY,
                                                    S3_SECRET_KEY,
diff --git a/activestorage/reductionist.py b/activestorage/reductionist.py
index 17b26d21..002c454b 100644
--- a/activestorage/reductionist.py
+++ b/activestorage/reductionist.py
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ def get_session(username: str, password: str,
     :returns: a client session object.
     """
     session = requests.Session()
-    # TODO Stack-HPC
-    # we need to allow Anon buckets. though this
-    # will break connection to data server
-    # if username is None and password is None:
-    #     return session
     session.auth = (username, password)
     session.verify = cacert or False
     return session
@@ -91,6 +86,7 @@ def reduce_chunk(session,
         print(f"Reductionist request data dictionary: {request_data}")
     api_operation = "sum" if operation == "mean" else operation or "select"
     url = f'{server}/v2/{api_operation}/'
+    print("Reductionist Session auth:", session.auth)
     response = request(session, url, request_data)
 
     if response.ok:
diff --git a/tests/test_real_s3.py b/tests/test_real_s3.py
index 1af391d9..36215ed2 100644
--- a/tests/test_real_s3.py
+++ b/tests/test_real_s3.py
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ def test_anon_s3():
                           },
                     active_storage_url=active_storage_url)
     active._version = 2
-    with pytest.raises(ReductionistError):
-        result = active.min()[:]
-        assert result == 197.69595    
+
+    result = active.min()[:]
+    assert result == 197.69595    
 
 
 def test_s3_small_file():