diff --git a/src/aare/gui/auth.py b/src/aare/gui/auth.py
index 8beb2e7c..45d15f25 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/auth.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/auth.py
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ from aare.common.logger_config import setup_logger
 
 logger = setup_logger('aareGUI')
 
-CACERT = "/sls/x10sa/misc/.cert/10s.crt"
-
-def auth(base_url: str | None) -> str:
-    print(f"base_url: {base_url}")
+def auth(base_url: str | None, cert_path: str | None) -> str:
     curr_user = get_user()
     if base_url is None:
         token_data = TokenData(sub=curr_user,
@@ -23,7 +20,6 @@ def auth(base_url: str | None) -> str:
     # Single call: Kerberos SPNEGO through Apache, which proxies to the DAQ server.
     # Apache injects X-Remote-User; the DAQ server reads it from the localhost-proxied request.
     url = f"{base_url}/token"
-    # url = f"{base_url}"
     try:
         token_result = subprocess.run(
             ['curl', '-s', '--cacert', CACERT,