diff --git a/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/couchbase.py b/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/couchbase.py
index 0e0529328..ab36256c9 100644
--- a/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/couchbase.py
+++ b/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/couchbase.py
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ class CouchbaseConnectionConfig(ConnectionConfig):
     connection_string: str = "couchbase://localhost"
     scope: str = "_default"
     collection: str = "_default"
-    access_config: CouchbaseAccessConfig = enhanced_field(
-        default_factory=CouchbaseAccessConfig, sensitive=True
-    )
     batch_size: int = 50
     connector_type: str = CONNECTOR_TYPE
+    access_config: CouchbaseAccessConfig = enhanced_field(sensitive=True)
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -93,8 +91,8 @@ class CouchbaseUploaderConfig(UploaderConfig):
 
 @dataclass
 class CouchbaseUploader(Uploader):
-    upload_config: CouchbaseUploaderConfig
     connection_config: CouchbaseConnectionConfig
+    upload_config: CouchbaseUploaderConfig
     cluster: Optional["Cluster"] = field(init=False, default=None)
     connector_type: str = CONNECTOR_TYPE
 
@@ -110,10 +108,9 @@ def connect_to_couchbase(self) -> "Cluster":
         from couchbase.cluster import Cluster
         from couchbase.options import ClusterOptions
 
-        access_conf = self.connection_config.access_config
-        connection_string = access_conf.connection_string
-        username = access_conf.username
-        password = access_conf.password
+        connection_string = self.connection_config.connection_string
+        username = self.connection_config.username
+        password = self.connection_config.access_config.password
 
         auth = PasswordAuthenticator(username, password)
         options = ClusterOptions(auth)
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ def run(self, contents: list[UploadContent], **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         logger.info(
             f"writing {len(elements)} objects to destination "
             f"bucket, {self.connection_config.bucket} "
-            f"at {self.connection_config.access_config.connection_string}",
+            f"at {self.connection_config.connection_string}",
         )
         bucket = self.cluster.bucket(self.connection_config.bucket)
         scope = bucket.scope(self.connection_config.scope)