diff --git a/frontend/src/common/httpservice.ts b/frontend/src/common/httpservice.ts
index cab9b26..8204944 100644
--- a/frontend/src/common/httpservice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/common/httpservice.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ const client = axios.create({
 
 async function getAuthHeaders() {
     try {
-        const token = await auth0.getTokenSilently();
+        const token = await auth0.getTokenSilently({
+            authorizationParams: {
+                scope: "read:current_user",
+                audience: import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH0_AUDIENCE
+            }
+        });
         return {
             Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
         };
     } catch (e) {
-        alert('Unable to get access token!!!');
+        alert(`Unable to get access token: ${e}`);
         return {};
     }
 }