diff --git a/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp b/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
index 857357c4..3ca568d0 100755
--- a/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void ClientConnection::validateClient(const std::string & id, const std::string
 
 	std::string authURL(ConfigLoginServer::getExternalAuthUrl());
 
-	if (!authURL.empty()) 
+	if (ConfigLoginServer::getUseExternalAuth() && !authURL.empty()) 
 	{
 		StellaBellum::webAPI api(authURL);