diff --git a/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf b/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
index 52e3d6d3d..05da0b5d8 100644
--- a/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
+++ b/salt/nginx/etc/nginx.conf
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ http {
 		error_page 429 = @error429;
 
 		location @error401 {
-			add_header    Set-Cookie "AUTH_REDIRECT=$request_uri;Path=/;Max-Age=14400";
+			if ($request_uri ~* ^/(?!(^/api/.*))) {
+				add_header    Set-Cookie "AUTH_REDIRECT=$request_uri;Path=/;Max-Age=14400";
+			}
 			return        302 /auth/self-service/login/browser;
 		}
 
diff --git a/setup/so-verify b/setup/so-verify
index 918610732..07d24d114 100755
--- a/setup/so-verify
+++ b/setup/so-verify
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ log_has_errors() {
         grep -vE "/nsm/rules/sigma*" | \
         grep -vE "/nsm/rules/yara*" | \
         grep -vE "Failed to restart snapd" | \
+        grep -vE "Login Failed Details" | \
         grep -vE "Running scope as unit" &> "$error_log"
     
     if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then