diff --git a/pepexample/default.conf b/pepexample/default.conf
index 50360ab..c64aecc 100644
--- a/pepexample/default.conf
+++ b/pepexample/default.conf
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ server {
     internal;
     proxy_method      POST;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header  Authorization "$auth_token";
+    proxy_set_header  Authorization "Bearer $auth_token";
     proxy_set_header  Content-Type "application/json";
     proxy_pass        https://accounting-service.d4science.org/accounting-service/record;
   }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/pepexample/nginx.conf b/pepexample/nginx.conf
index bb68ece..84fce1a 100644
--- a/pepexample/nginx.conf
+++ b/pepexample/nginx.conf
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ http {
     #gzip  on;
 
     include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
-}
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+} 
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