diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts
index b340882672..459b3eca61 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { lensAuthenticationHeaderValueInjectionToken } from "../auth/header-value";
 import { apiPrefix } from "../vars";
+import { lensAuthenticationHeader } from "../vars/auth-header";
 import isDebuggingInjectable from "../vars/is-debugging.injectable";
 import isDevelopmentInjectable from "../vars/is-development.injectable";
 import { apiBaseHostHeaderInjectionToken, apiBaseServerAddressInjectionToken } from "./api-base-configs";
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ const apiBaseInjectable = getInjectable({
     const isDevelopment = di.inject(isDevelopmentInjectable);
     const serverAddress = di.inject(apiBaseServerAddressInjectionToken);
     const hostHeaderValue = di.inject(apiBaseHostHeaderInjectionToken);
+    const lensAuthenticationHeaderValue = di.inject(lensAuthenticationHeaderValueInjectionToken);
 
     return createJsonApi({
       serverAddress,
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ const apiBaseInjectable = getInjectable({
     }, {
       headers: {
         "Host": hostHeaderValue,
+        [lensAuthenticationHeader]: lensAuthenticationHeaderValue,
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
index f53f717967..019c432c67 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ export class LensProxy {
         const authHeader = req.headers[lensAuthenticationHeader.toLowerCase()];
 
         if (authHeader !== this.dependencies.authHeaderValue) {
-          socket.destroy(new Error("Missing authorization"));
+          this.dependencies.logger.warn(`[LENS-PROXY]: Request from url=${req.url} missing authentication`);
+          socket.destroy();
 
           return;
         }
diff --git a/src/renderer/k8s/api-kube.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/k8s/api-kube.injectable.ts
index c7c87194a5..40bf7ff0a3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/k8s/api-kube.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/k8s/api-kube.injectable.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import createKubeJsonApiInjectable from "../../common/k8s-api/create-kube-json-a
 import isDevelopmentInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-development.injectable";
 import showErrorNotificationInjectable from "../components/notifications/show-error-notification.injectable";
 import windowLocationInjectable from "../../common/k8s-api/window-location.injectable";
+import { lensAuthenticationHeaderValueInjectionToken } from "../../common/auth/header-value";
+import { lensAuthenticationHeader } from "../../common/vars/auth-header";
 
 const apiKubeInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "api-kube",
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ const apiKubeInjectable = getInjectable({
     const isDevelopment = di.inject(isDevelopmentInjectable);
     const showErrorNotification = di.inject(showErrorNotificationInjectable);
     const { port, host } = di.inject(windowLocationInjectable);
+    const lensAuthenticationHeaderValue = di.inject(lensAuthenticationHeaderValueInjectionToken);
 
     const apiKube = createKubeJsonApi({
       serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`,
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ const apiKubeInjectable = getInjectable({
     }, {
       headers: {
         "Host": host,
+        [lensAuthenticationHeader]: lensAuthenticationHeaderValue,
       },
     });