diff --git a/htroot/ConfigPortal.java b/htroot/ConfigPortal.java
index 540713903..285ebc4fb 100644
--- a/htroot/ConfigPortal.java
+++ b/htroot/ConfigPortal.java
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ public class ConfigPortal {
 
         if (post != null) {
             // AUTHENTICATE
-            if (!header.containsKey(RequestHeader.AUTHORIZATION)) {
+            if (!sb.verifyAuthentication(header)) {
+                // force log-in
                 prop.putHTML("AUTHENTICATE","log-in");
                 return prop;
             }