diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cdfd27b..8a10ca6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ bun install
 bun run dev
 ```
 
+Create an account using the authentication UI on http://localhost:3000.
+The verification code can be found on the dummy SMTP dashboard on http://localhost:4436.
+
 Inside another terminal session we can start the dashboard UI:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/authentication/src/app/flow/error/page.tsx b/authentication/src/app/flow/error/page.tsx
index e35626f..fa87dc4 100644
--- a/authentication/src/app/flow/error/page.tsx
+++ b/authentication/src/app/flow/error/page.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default function Error() {
 
     return (
         <>
-            <Card>
+            <Card className="mx-4 md:mx-8 max-w-5xl">
                 <CardHeader>
                     <CardTitle>An error occurred</CardTitle>
                 </CardHeader>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default function Error() {
                     </p>
                 </CardContent>
             </Card>
-            <Button variant="ghost" asChild>
+            <Button asChild>
                 <Link href="/" className="inline-flex space-x-2" passHref>
                     Go back
                 </Link>
diff --git a/authentication/src/middleware.ts b/authentication/src/middleware.ts
index c4c06ed..d7c682a 100644
--- a/authentication/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/authentication/src/middleware.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ export async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
         .then((response) => response.data)
         .catch(() => null);
 
+    const nodeHost = request.nextUrl.protocol + '//' + request.nextUrl.host;
+
     if (!session && !request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith('/flow')) {
 
         console.log('NO SESSION');
 
-        const url = request.nextUrl.host +
-            '/flow/login?return_to=' +
-            request.nextUrl.host +
-            request.nextUrl.pathname;
+        const url = nodeHost + '/flow/login?return_to=' + request.nextUrl.toString();
 
         console.log('REDIRECT TO', url);
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 
         console.log('SESSION EXISTS');
 
-        const returnTo = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get('return_to') ?? request.nextUrl.host;
+        const returnTo = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get('return_to') ?? nodeHost;
 
         console.log('REDIRECT TO', returnTo);
 
@@ -41,5 +40,5 @@ export async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 }
 
 export const config = {
-    matcher: '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.png|sitemap.xml|robots.txt|sw.js).*)',
+    matcher: '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.png|sitemap.xml|robots.txt|sw.js|manifest.json|icon-72.png|icon-128.png|icon-144.png|icon-192.png|icon-512.png|mt-logo-orange.png).*)',
 };
diff --git a/authentication/src/ory/hooks.tsx b/authentication/src/ory/hooks.tsx
index 5c81e04..a03dd8d 100644
--- a/authentication/src/ory/hooks.tsx
+++ b/authentication/src/ory/hooks.tsx
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ export const HandleError = (
     return async (
         error: AxiosError<any, unknown>,
     ): Promise<AxiosError | void> => {
-        if (!error.response || error.response?.status === 0) {
-            window.location.href = `/flow/error?error=${encodeURIComponent(
-                JSON.stringify(error.response),
-            )}`;
-            return Promise.resolve();
-        }
 
         const responseData = error.response?.data || {};