diff --git a/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf b/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf
index c5f2577..ce643cb 100644
--- a/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf
+++ b/volumes/conf.d/code.zinomedia.de.conf
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ server {
     #include "snippets/enable-vouch.conf";
 
     # send all requests to the `/validate` endpoint for authorization
-    
+    auth_request /auth;
 
-    location .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
+        proxy_pass https://validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de$request_uri;
     }
 
     # location = /validate {
@@ -54,8 +52,6 @@ server {
     #     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 / {
-        auth_request .auth;
-        
         resolver 127.0.0.11;
         set $upstream "http://code-server:8443";