diff --git a/src/aare/gui/auth.py b/src/aare/gui/auth.py
index 374a4ff9..8beb2e7c 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/auth.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/auth.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ logger = setup_logger('aareGUI')
 CACERT = "/sls/x10sa/misc/.cert/10s.crt"
 
 def auth(base_url: str | None) -> str:
+    print(f"base_url: {base_url}")
     curr_user = get_user()
     if base_url is None:
         token_data = TokenData(sub=curr_user,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ 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,