diff --git a/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs b/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs
index a596fa32..0601ea6d 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public NatsConnection()
     public NatsConnection(NatsOpts opts)
     {
         _logger = opts.LoggerFactory.CreateLogger<NatsConnection>();
-        Opts = ReadUserInfoFromConnectionString(opts);
+        Opts = opts.ReadUserInfoFromConnectionString();
         ConnectionState = NatsConnectionState.Closed;
         _waitForOpenConnection = new TaskCompletionSource(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
         _disposedCancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
@@ -288,47 +288,6 @@ internal ValueTask UnsubscribeAsync(int sid)
         return default;
     }
 
-    private static NatsOpts ReadUserInfoFromConnectionString(NatsOpts opts)
-    {
-        // Setting credentials in options takes precedence over URL credentials
-        if (opts.AuthOpts.Username is { Length: > 0 } || opts.AuthOpts.Password is { Length: > 0 } || opts.AuthOpts.Token is { Length: > 0 })
-        {
-            return opts;
-        }
-
-        var natsUri = opts.GetSeedUris(suppressRandomization: true).First();
-        var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(natsUri.Uri);
-
-        if (uriBuilder.UserName is not { Length: > 0 })
-        {
-            return opts;
-        }
-
-        if (uriBuilder.Password is { Length: > 0 })
-        {
-            opts = opts with
-            {
-                AuthOpts = opts.AuthOpts with
-                {
-                    Username = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.UserName),
-                    Password = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.Password),
-                },
-            };
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            opts = opts with
-            {
-                AuthOpts = opts.AuthOpts with
-                {
-                    Token = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.UserName),
-                },
-            };
-        }
-
-        return opts;
-    }
-
     private async ValueTask InitialConnectAsync()
     {
         Debug.Assert(ConnectionState == NatsConnectionState.Connecting, "Connection state");
diff --git a/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsOpts.cs b/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsOpts.cs
index f4213ccc..5dc7b208 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsOpts.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsOpts.cs
@@ -146,4 +146,43 @@ internal NatsUri[] GetSeedUris(bool suppressRandomization = false)
             ? urls.Select(x => new NatsUri(x, true)).Distinct().ToArray()
             : urls.Select(x => new NatsUri(x, true)).OrderBy(_ => Guid.NewGuid()).Distinct().ToArray();
     }
+
+    internal NatsOpts ReadUserInfoFromConnectionString()
+    {
+        // Setting credentials in options takes precedence over URL credentials
+        if (AuthOpts.Username is { Length: > 0 } || AuthOpts.Password is { Length: > 0 } || AuthOpts.Token is { Length: > 0 })
+        {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        var natsUri = GetSeedUris(suppressRandomization: true).First();
+        var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(natsUri.Uri);
+
+        if (uriBuilder.UserName is not { Length: > 0 })
+        {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        if (uriBuilder.Password is { Length: > 0 })
+        {
+            return this with
+            {
+                AuthOpts = AuthOpts with
+                {
+                    Username = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.UserName),
+                    Password = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.Password),
+                },
+            };
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return this with
+            {
+                AuthOpts = AuthOpts with
+                {
+                    Token = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.UserName),
+                },
+            };
+        }
+    }
 }