diff --git a/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf b/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf
index 9eeb4da..3a527ee 100644
--- a/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf
+++ b/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ server {
     #include "snippets/enable-vouch.conf";
 
     # send all requests to the `/validate` endpoint for authorization
-    auth_request https://validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de/validate;
+    auth_request .auth;
+
+    location .auth {
+        internal;
+        proxy_pass https://validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de;
+        # you must use path part here ^
+        # otherwise it would be invalid request to external.url
+    }
 
     # location = /validate {
     #     # forward the /validate request to Vouch Proxy
@@ -30,28 +37,22 @@ server {
 
     #     # be sure to pass the original host header
     #     proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-
     #     # Vouch Proxy only acts on the request headers
     #     proxy_pass_request_body off;
     #     proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
-
     #     # optionally add X-Vouch-User as returned by Vouch Proxy along with the request
     #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_x_vouch_user $upstream_http_x_vouch_user;
-
     #     # these return values are used by the @error401 call
     #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_jwt $upstream_http_x_vouch_jwt;
     #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_err $upstream_http_x_vouch_err;
     #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_failcount $upstream_http_x_vouch_failcount;
     # }
-
     # # if validate returns `401 not authorized` then forward the request to the error401block
     # error_page 401 = @error401;
-
     # location @error401 {
     #     # redirect to Vouch Proxy for login
     #     return 302 https://vouch.armos.zinomedia.de/login?url=$scheme://$http_host$request_uri&vouch-failcount=$auth_resp_failcount&X-Vouch-Token=$auth_resp_jwt&error=$auth_resp_err;
     # }
-
     location / {
         resolver 127.0.0.11;
         set $upstream "http://code-server:8443";