diff --git a/src/aare/gui/auth.py b/src/aare/gui/auth.py
index 55297b48..374a4ff9 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/auth.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/auth.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def auth(base_url: str | None) -> str:
     url = f"{base_url}/token"
     try:
         token_result = subprocess.run(
-            ['curl', '-sk', '--cacert', CACERT,
+            ['curl', '-s', '--cacert', CACERT,
              '--negotiate', '-u', ':',
              '-X', 'POST', url,
              '-d', 'username=&password=',