401 Unauthorized: Access denied for user 0 "anonymous"

I'm trying to connect to a services xml rpc endpoint with python

#! /usr/bin/python

import os.path, sys, time, mimetypes, xmlrpclib, pprint, base64
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter()

config = {
  'url': 'http://loggd.ducis.nl/api',
  'username': 'admin',
  'password': '[hidden]',
}

# Make initial connection to service, then login as developer
server = xmlrpclib.Server(config['url'], allow_none=True);
connection = server.system.action_connect();
session = server.user.login(config['username'], config['password']);
sessid = session['sessid'];
user = session['user'];

I am using the newest services 6.3 from github

the error returned is

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "savenode.py", line 14, in <module>
    connection = server.system.action_connect();
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
    verbose=self.__verbose
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1243, in request
    headers
xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for loggd.ducis.nl/api: 401 Unauthorized: Access denied for user 0 "anonymous">