bitcoin core – Unable to connect Sparrow wallet to node using username and password

I’m trying to connect my node to my Sparrow wallet on two computers on the same network. From what I understand, you need to authenticate using Sparrow’s username/password option. This is the same computer that the node is running on. i have this bitcoin.conf file settings

server=1
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=pass

However, when you test the connection, you receive this error message in Sparrow.

Could not connect:

User/pass authentication failed

I’ve checked it several times and the user and password match, so I’m not sure what the problem is here.

If you do not use any authentication options, Sparrow will connect to the node without any problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated.