diff --git a/src/ozones/Server/ozones-server.rb b/src/ozones/Server/ozones-server.rb
index f45332957b..9315b2cc3d 100755
--- a/src/ozones/Server/ozones-server.rb
+++ b/src/ozones/Server/ozones-server.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,11 @@ end
 
 before do
     unless request.path=='/login' || request.path=='/'
-        build_session unless authorized?
+        rc , msg = build_session unless authorized?
+
+        if rc == 401
+           halt 401 
+        end
 
         @OzonesServer = OzonesServer.new(session[:key])
         @pr           = OZones::ProxyRules.new("apache",config[:htaccess])