diff --git a/ospurge/main.py b/ospurge/main.py
index b747754..37ced79 100644
--- a/ospurge/main.py
+++ b/ospurge/main.py
@@ -115,9 +115,13 @@ class CredentialsManager(object):
             self.admin_cloud = self.cloud
             self.cloud = self.admin_cloud.connect_as_project(
                 options.purge_project)
+            self.user_id = self.admin_cloud.current_user_id
+            self.project_id = project.id
+            self.cloud = self.admin_cloud.connect_as_project(project)
 
-        self.user_id = self.cloud.current_user_id
-        self.project_id = self.cloud.current_project_id
+        if not self.admin_cloud:
+            self.user_id = self.cloud.current_user_id
+            self.project_id = self.cloud.current_project_id
 
         logging.warning(
             "Going to list and/or delete resources from project '%s'",