diff --git a/src/runtime/composables/authjs/useAuth.ts b/src/runtime/composables/authjs/useAuth.ts
index 774ffb8f..85e1279d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/composables/authjs/useAuth.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/composables/authjs/useAuth.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function getProviders() {
  *
  * @param getSessionOptions - Options for getting the session, e.g., set `required: true` to enforce that a session _must_ exist, the user will be directed to a login page otherwise.
  */
-async function getSession(getSessionOptions?: GetSessionOptions): Promise<SessionData> {
+async function getSession(getSessionOptions?: GetSessionOptions): Promise<SessionData | null> {
   const nuxt = useNuxtApp()
 
   const callbackUrlFallback = await getRequestURLWN(nuxt)
diff --git a/src/runtime/middleware/auth.ts b/src/runtime/middleware/auth.ts
index d66e8a87..094ed2d1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/middleware/auth.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/middleware/auth.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware((to) => {
    * We do not want to enforce protection on `404` pages (unless the user opts out of it by setting `allow404WithoutAuth: false`).
    *
    * This is to:
-   * - improve UX and DX: Having to log-in to see a `404` is not pleasent,
+   * - improve UX and DX: Having to log-in to see a `404` is not pleasant,
    * - avoid the `Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]`-error that occurs when we redirect to the sign-in page when the original to-page does not exist. Likely related to https://github.com/nuxt/framework/issues/9438
    *
    */
diff --git a/src/runtime/plugin.ts b/src/runtime/plugin.ts
index 75952fad..1e77daea 100644
--- a/src/runtime/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/plugin.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { getHeader } from 'h3'
 import authMiddleware from './middleware/auth'
 import { getNitroRouteRules } from './utils/kit'
 import { _refreshHandler, addRouteMiddleware, defineNuxtPlugin, useAuth, useAuthState, useRuntimeConfig } from '#imports'
+import { FetchConfigurationError } from './utils/fetch'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   // 1. Initialize authentication state, potentially fetch current session
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
 
   // use runtimeConfig
   const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig().public.auth
+  const globalAppMiddleware = runtimeConfig.globalAppMiddleware
 
   const routeRules = import.meta.server ? getNitroRouteRules(nuxtApp._route.path) : {}
 
@@ -30,8 +32,22 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   }
 
   // Only fetch session if it was not yet initialized server-side
-  if (typeof data.value === 'undefined' && !nitroPrerender && !disableServerSideAuth) {
-    await getSession()
+  const isErrorUrl = nuxtApp.ssrContext?.error === true
+  const requireAuthOnErrorPage = globalAppMiddleware === true || (typeof globalAppMiddleware === 'object' && globalAppMiddleware.allow404WithoutAuth)
+  const shouldFetchSession = typeof data.value === 'undefined'
+    && !nitroPrerender
+    && !disableServerSideAuth
+    && !(isErrorUrl && requireAuthOnErrorPage)
+
+  if (shouldFetchSession) {
+    try {
+      await getSession()
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Do not throw the configuration error as it can lead to infinite recursion
+      if (!(e instanceof FetchConfigurationError)) {
+        throw e
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // 2. Setup session maintanence, e.g., auto refreshing or refreshing on foux
@@ -55,7 +71,6 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   }
 
   // 3. Enable the middleware, either globally or as a named `auth` option
-  const { globalAppMiddleware } = useRuntimeConfig().public.auth
   if (
     globalAppMiddleware === true
     || (typeof globalAppMiddleware === 'object' && globalAppMiddleware.isEnabled)
diff --git a/src/runtime/utils/fetch.ts b/src/runtime/utils/fetch.ts
index 1c5db95f..eca58272 100644
--- a/src/runtime/utils/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/utils/fetch.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,27 @@ import { resolveApiUrlPath } from './url'
 import { callWithNuxt, useRuntimeConfig } from '#app'
 import type { useNuxtApp } from '#imports'
 
+const ERROR_PREFIX = '[@sidebase/nuxt-auth]'
+
 export async function _fetch<T>(nuxt: ReturnType<typeof useNuxtApp>, path: string, fetchOptions?: Parameters<typeof $fetch>[1]): Promise<T> {
   const runtimeConfig = await callWithNuxt(nuxt, useRuntimeConfig)
   const joinedPath = resolveApiUrlPath(path, runtimeConfig)
+
+  // Prevent callback recursion when doing internal routing
+  if (runtimeConfig.public.auth.disableInternalRouting === false) {
+    const currentPath = nuxt.ssrContext?.event?.path
+    // const isErrorUrl = nuxt.ssrContext?.error && 
+    if (currentPath?.startsWith(joinedPath)) {
+      console.error(`${ERROR_PREFIX} Recursion detected at ${joinedPath}. Have you set the correct \`auth.baseURL\`?`)
+      throw new FetchConfigurationError('Server configuration error')
+    }
+  }
+
   try {
     return $fetch(joinedPath, fetchOptions)
   }
   catch (error) {
-    let errorMessage = `[@sidebase/nuxt-auth] Error while requesting ${joinedPath}.`
+    let errorMessage = `${ERROR_PREFIX} Error while requesting ${joinedPath}.`
     if (runtimeConfig.public.auth.provider.type === 'authjs') {
       errorMessage += ' Have you added the authentication handler server-endpoint `[...].ts`? Have you added the authentication handler in a non-default location (default is `~/server/api/auth/[...].ts`) and not updated the module-setting `auth.basePath`?'
     }
@@ -17,8 +30,10 @@ export async function _fetch<T>(nuxt: ReturnType<typeof useNuxtApp>, path: strin
     console.error(errorMessage)
     console.error(error)
 
-    throw new Error(
-      'Runtime error, checkout the console logs to debug, open an issue at https://github.com/sidebase/nuxt-auth/issues/new/choose if you continue to have this problem'
+    throw new FetchConfigurationError(
+      'Runtime error, check the console logs to debug, open an issue at https://github.com/sidebase/nuxt-auth/issues/new/choose if you continue to have this problem'
     )
   }
 }
+
+export class FetchConfigurationError extends Error {}