diff --git a/fda-authentication-service/Dockerfile b/fda-authentication-service/Dockerfile
index f687467497b42f78b264aa986e77ae7fdf47da92..205f73033be7643ad45a55be544abb2d73a48809 100644
--- a/fda-authentication-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/fda-authentication-service/Dockerfile
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ COPY --from=binary /usr/bin/curl /usr/bin/curl
 USER root
 
 COPY ./dbrepo-realm.json /opt/keycloak/data/import/dbrepo-realm.json
-COPY ./service-register.sh /app/service-register.sh
-COPY ./docker-entrypoint.sh /app/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY ./service-register.sh ./service-register.sh
+COPY ./docker-entrypoint.sh ./docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY ./healthcheck.sh ./healthcheck.sh
 
 ENV METADATA_USERNAME=root
 ENV METADATA_PASSWORD=dbrepo
@@ -45,4 +49,6 @@ ENV KEYCLOAK_IMPORT=/opt/keycloak/data/import/dbrepo-realm.json
 ENV KEYCLOAK_ADMIN=keycloak
 ENV KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD=keycloak
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=5s --retries=12 CMD ["bash", "/app/healthcheck.sh"]
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "/app/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/fda-authentication-service/healthcheck.sh b/fda-authentication-service/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e7842c9278cfe22d1f8d6963c79ac2a4f2c5ea3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fda-authentication-service/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl --silent --output /dev/stderr --write-out "%{http_code}" 'http://0.0.0.0:8080/realms/dbrepo')
+if test $HTTP_CODE -ne 200; then
+  exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fda-ui/layouts/default.vue b/fda-ui/layouts/default.vue
index 9ba45c2b7351add71e11c935a0e89af64b1ae0d3..5116d0397fb34a6a4150e097496f7a3eac23b0a0 100644
--- a/fda-ui/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/fda-ui/layouts/default.vue
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
 
 <script>
 import { isDeveloper } from '@/utils'
-
 export default {
   name: 'DefaultLayout',
   data () {
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ export default {
       }
       try {
         this.loadingUser = true
-        const res = await this.$axios.put('/api/auth', {}, this.config)
+        const res = await this.$axios.get('/api/auth/realms/dbrepo/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo', this.keycloakConfig)
         this.$store.commit('SET_USER', res.data)
         console.debug('user information', this.user)
         this.$vuetify.theme.dark = this.user.theme_dark
@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ export default {
       }
       try {
         this.loading = true
-        const res = await this.$axios.get(`/api/container/${this.$route.params.container_id}/database/${this.$route.params.database_id}/access`, this.silentConfig)
+        const res = await this.$axios.get(`/api/container/${this.$route.params.container_id}/database/${this.$route.params.database_id}/access`, this.config)
         this.access = res.data
         this.$store.commit('SET_ACCESS', res.data)
         console.debug('access', this.access)