diff --git a/kamaki/cli/commands/astakos.py b/kamaki/cli/commands/astakos.py
index 811c97a1460dfbe5728a3c7bae92219466366429..d2cd4daa1d0d02dc6ea7429d6bd17c82dec2181f 100644
--- a/kamaki/cli/commands/astakos.py
+++ b/kamaki/cli/commands/astakos.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from json import load, loads
 from os.path import abspath
 
 from kamaki.cli import command
-from kamaki.clients.astakos import SynnefoAstakosClient
+from kamaki.clients.astakos import LoggedAstakosClient
 from kamaki.cli.commands import (
     _command_init, errors, _optional_json, addLogSettings)
 from kamaki.cli.command_tree import CommandTree
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ class _init_synnefo_astakosclient(_command_init):
                     'astakos') or self.config.get_cloud(
                     self.cloud, 'token')
                 token = token.split()[0] if ' ' in token else token
-                self.client = SynnefoAstakosClient(
-                    auth_url=base_url, token=token)
+                self.client = LoggedAstakosClient(base_url, token)
                 return
         else:
             self.cloud = 'default'
diff --git a/kamaki/clients/astakos/__init__.py b/kamaki/clients/astakos/__init__.py
index 9a79ecdfc1c8d449a4c1b204d0f680a44784c1b2..14aed7a542e3a087ce1c7084b405a430580979e0 100644
--- a/kamaki/clients/astakos/__init__.py
+++ b/kamaki/clients/astakos/__init__.py
@@ -32,12 +32,25 @@
 # or implied, of GRNET S.A.
 
 from logging import getLogger
-from astakosclient import *
-#  astakosclient contains: AstakosCLient, AstakosClientException
+from astakosclient import AstakosClient as OriginalAstakosClient
+from astakosclient import AstakosClientException, parse_endpoints
 
 from kamaki.clients import Client, ClientError, RequestManager, recvlog
 
 
+class AstakosClient(OriginalAstakosClient):
+    """Wrap Original AstakosClient to ensure compatibility in kamaki clients"""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if args:
+            args = list(args)
+            url = args.pop(0)
+            token = args.pop(0) if args else kwargs.pop('token', None)
+            args = tuple([token, url] + args)
+        elif 'base_url' in kwargs:
+            kwargs['auth_url'] = kwargs.get('auth_url', kwargs['base_url'])
+        super(AstakosClient, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 def _astakos_error(foo):
     def wrap(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -48,8 +61,12 @@ def _astakos_error(foo):
     return wrap
 
 
-class SynnefoAstakosClient(AstakosClient):
-    """An astakosclient.AstakosClient wrapper, that logs the way of kamaki"""
+class LoggedAstakosClient(AstakosClient):
+    """An AstakosClient wrapper with modified logging
+
+    Logs are adjusted to appear similar to the ones of kamaki clients.
+    No other changes are made to the parent class.
+    """
 
     LOG_TOKEN = False
     LOG_DATA = False
@@ -66,7 +83,7 @@ class SynnefoAstakosClient(AstakosClient):
         recvlog.info('-             -        -     -   -  - -')
 
     def _call_astakos(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        r = super(SynnefoAstakosClient, self)._call_astakos(*args, **kwargs)
+        r = super(LoggedAstakosClient, self)._call_astakos(*args, **kwargs)
         try:
             log_request = getattr(self, 'log_request', None)
             if log_request:
@@ -129,8 +146,8 @@ class CachedAstakosClient(Client):
         :param token: (str) custom token to authenticate
         """
         token = self._resolve_token(token)
-        astakos = SynnefoAstakosClient(
-            token, self.base_url, logger=getLogger('astakosclient'))
+        astakos = LoggedAstakosClient(
+            self.base_url, token, logger=getLogger('astakosclient'))
         astakos.LOG_TOKEN = getattr(self, 'LOG_TOKEN', False)
         astakos.LOG_DATA = getattr(self, 'LOG_DATA', False)
         r = astakos.authenticate()
diff --git a/kamaki/clients/astakos/test.py b/kamaki/clients/astakos/test.py
index a72ac43a6bf86f8dd65fbdbcaccafc6fc6357679..e16e2e260733afb0e4f4f7d14333ce4a7e5c5fce 100644
--- a/kamaki/clients/astakos/test.py
+++ b/kamaki/clients/astakos/test.py
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ class AstakosClient(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         FR.json = example
 
+    @patch('%s.LoggedAstakosClient.__init__' % astakos_pkg, return_value=None)
     @patch(
-        '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.__init__' % astakos_pkg, return_value=None)
-    @patch(
-        '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.get_endpoints' % astakos_pkg,
+        '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.get_endpoints' % astakos_pkg,
         return_value=example)
     def _authenticate(self, get_endpoints, sac):
         r = self.client.authenticate()
@@ -187,17 +186,17 @@ class AstakosClient(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(r[0]['auth_token'], self.token)
 
     @patch(
-        '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.get_usernames' % astakos_pkg,
+        '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.get_usernames' % astakos_pkg,
         return_value={42: 'username42', 43: 'username43'})
     def test_uuids2usernames(self, get_usernames):
         from astakosclient import AstakosClientException
         self.assertRaises(
             AstakosClientException, self.client.uuids2usernames, [42, 43])
         with patch(
-                '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.__init__' % astakos_pkg,
+                '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.__init__' % astakos_pkg,
                 return_value=None) as sac:
             with patch(
-                    '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.get_endpoints' % astakos_pkg,
+                    '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.get_endpoints' % astakos_pkg,
                     return_value=example) as get_endpoints:
                 r = self.client.uuids2usernames([42, 43])
                 self.assert_dicts_are_equal(
@@ -208,17 +207,17 @@ class AstakosClient(TestCase):
                 self.assertEqual(get_usernames.mock_calls[-1], call([42, 43]))
 
     @patch(
-        '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.get_uuids' % astakos_pkg,
+        '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.get_uuids' % astakos_pkg,
         return_value={'username42': 42, 'username43': 43})
     def test_usernames2uuids(self, get_uuids):
         from astakosclient import AstakosClientException
         self.assertRaises(
             AstakosClientException, self.client.usernames2uuids, ['u1', 'u2'])
         with patch(
-                '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.__init__' % astakos_pkg,
+                '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.__init__' % astakos_pkg,
                 return_value=None) as sac:
             with patch(
-                    '%s.SynnefoAstakosClient.get_endpoints' % astakos_pkg,
+                    '%s.LoggedAstakosClient.get_endpoints' % astakos_pkg,
                     return_value=example) as get_endpoints:
                 r = self.client.usernames2uuids(['u1', 'u2'])
                 self.assert_dicts_are_equal(