diff --git a/examples/quickstart/quickstart_falkordb.py b/examples/quickstart/quickstart_falkordb.py
index 82f6a94..b8839e7 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/quickstart_falkordb.py
+++ b/examples/quickstart/quickstart_falkordb.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from logging import INFO
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 from graphiti_core import Graphiti
+from graphiti_core.driver.falkordb_driver import FalkorDriver
 from graphiti_core.nodes import EpisodeType
 from graphiti_core.search.search_config_recipes import NODE_HYBRID_SEARCH_RRF
 
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ load_dotenv()
 # FalkorDB connection parameters
 # Make sure FalkorDB on premises is running, see https://docs.falkordb.com/
 falkor_uri = os.environ.get('FALKORDB_URI', 'falkor://localhost:6379')
+falkor_user = os.environ.get('FALKORDB_USER', 'falkor')
+falkor_password = os.environ.get('FALKORDB_PASSWORD', '')
 
 if not falkor_uri:
     raise ValueError('FALKORDB_URI must be set')
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ async def main():
     #################################################
 
     # Initialize Graphiti with FalkorDB connection
-    graphiti = Graphiti(falkor_uri)
+    falkor_driver = FalkorDriver(uri=falkor_uri, user=falkor_user, password=falkor_password)
+    graphiti = Graphiti(uri=falkor_uri, graph_driver=falkor_driver)
 
     try:
         # Initialize the graph database with graphiti's indices. This only needs to be done once.
diff --git a/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py b/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py
index 1736966..7747c41 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py
@@ -71,12 +71,11 @@ class FalkorDriver(GraphDriver):
         password: str,
     ):
         super().__init__()
-        if user and password:
-            uri_parts = uri.split('://', 1)
-            uri = f'{uri_parts[0]}://{user}:{password}@{uri_parts[1]}'
+        uri_parts = uri.split('://', 1)
+        uri = f'{uri_parts[0]}://{user}:{password}@{uri_parts[1]}'
 
-        self.client = FalkorDB.from_url(
-            url=uri,
+        self.client = FalkorDB(
+            host='your-db.falkor.cloud', port=6380, password='your_password', ssl=True
         )
 
     def _get_graph(self, graph_name: str | None) -> FalkorGraph: