diff --git a/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-config-loader.ts b/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-config-loader.ts
index ce8a33ca..612aa3db 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-config-loader.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-config-loader.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import apiClient from "@/services/api-client.ts";
 import type { FrontendAuthConfig } from "@/services/auth/auth.d.ts";
 
+export const AUTH_CONFIG_ENDPOINT = "auth/config";
+
 /**
  * Fetch the authentication configuration from the backend.
  */
 export async function loadAuthConfig() {
-    const authConfig = (await apiClient.get<FrontendAuthConfig>("auth/config")).data;
+    const authConfigResponse = await apiClient.get<FrontendAuthConfig>(AUTH_CONFIG_ENDPOINT);
+    const authConfig = authConfigResponse.data;
     return {
         student: {
             authority: authConfig.student.authority,
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-service.ts b/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-service.ts
index 2b3d2807..a779c8a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/auth/auth-service.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import { computed, reactive } from "vue";
 import type { AuthState, Role, UserManagersForRoles } from "@/services/auth/auth.d.ts";
 import { User, UserManager } from "oidc-client-ts";
-import { loadAuthConfig } from "@/services/auth/auth-config-loader.ts";
+import {AUTH_CONFIG_ENDPOINT, loadAuthConfig} from "@/services/auth/auth-config-loader.ts";
 import authStorage from "./auth-storage.ts";
 import { loginRoute } from "@/config.ts";
 import apiClient from "@/services/api-client.ts";
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ async function logout(): Promise<void> {
 apiClient.interceptors.request.use(
     async (reqConfig) => {
         const token = authState?.user?.access_token;
-        if (token) {
+        if (token && reqConfig.url !== AUTH_CONFIG_ENDPOINT) {
             reqConfig.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
         }
         return reqConfig;