diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app-auth.controller.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app-auth.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc4c6cb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app-auth.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { UMB_AUTH_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/auth';
+import { UmbControllerBase } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/class-api';
+
+export class UmbAppAuthController extends UmbControllerBase {
+	async makeAuthorizationRequest() {
+		const authContext = await this.getContext(UMB_AUTH_CONTEXT);
+		return authContext.makeAuthorizationRequest();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts
index d104ccab6c..89ab404a0f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/apps/app/app.element.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { UmbAppErrorElement } from './app-error.element.js';
 import { UmbAppContext } from './app.context.js';
 import { UmbServerConnection } from './server-connection.js';
+import { UmbAppAuthController } from './app-auth.controller.js';
 import type { UMB_AUTH_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/auth';
 import { UMB_STORAGE_REDIRECT_URL, UmbAuthContext } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/auth';
 import { css, html, customElement, property } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/lit';
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export class UmbAppElement extends UmbLitElement {
 	#umbIconRegistry = new UmbIconRegistry();
 	#uuiIconRegistry = new UUIIconRegistryEssential();
 	#serverConnection?: UmbServerConnection;
+	#authController = new UmbAppAuthController(this);
 
 	constructor() {
 		super();
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ export class UmbAppElement extends UmbLitElement {
 	}
 
 	#isAuthorizedGuard(): Guard {
-		return () => {
+		return async () => {
 			if (!this.#authContext) {
 				throw new Error('[Fatal] AuthContext requested before it was initialized');
 			}
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ export class UmbAppElement extends UmbLitElement {
 			window.sessionStorage.setItem(UMB_STORAGE_REDIRECT_URL, location.href);
 
 			// Make a request to the auth server to start the auth flow
-			this.#authContext.makeAuthorizationRequest();
+			await this.#authController.makeAuthorizationRequest();
 
 			// Return false to prevent the route from being rendered
 			return false;