diff --git a/src/paperless/auth.py b/src/paperless/auth.py
index 6ca97d608..01836463c 100644
--- a/src/paperless/auth.py
+++ b/src/paperless/auth.py
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ class HttpRemoteUserMiddleware(PersistentRemoteUserMiddleware):
     def process_request(self, request: HttpRequest) -> None:
         # If remote user auth is enabled only for the frontend, not the API,
         # then we need dont want to authenticate the user for API requests.
+        logger.debug(
+            request.path,
+        )
+        logger.debug(
+            settings.REST_FRAMEWORK["DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES"],
+        )
         if (
             "/api/" in request.path
             and "paperless.auth.PaperlessRemoteUserAuthentication"
diff --git a/src/paperless/tests/test_remote_user.py b/src/paperless/tests/test_remote_user.py
index ac45056e4..4e9c11dc9 100644
--- a/src/paperless/tests/test_remote_user.py
+++ b/src/paperless/tests/test_remote_user.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class TestRemoteUser(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         """
         GIVEN:
             - Configured user
-            - Remote user auth is disabled for the API
+            - Remote user auth enabled for frontend but disabled for the API
         WHEN:
             - API call is made to get documents
         THEN:
@@ -108,14 +108,6 @@ class TestRemoteUser(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         ):
             _parse_remote_user_settings()
 
-            response = self.client.get("/api/documents/")
-
-            # 403 testing locally, 401 on ci...
-            self.assertIn(
-                response.status_code,
-                [status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN],
-            )
-
             response = self.client.get(
                 "/api/documents/",
                 headers={