diff --git a/lib/http/auth/basic.go b/lib/http/auth/basic.go
index b2a2c658b..69907c009 100644
--- a/lib/http/auth/basic.go
+++ b/lib/http/auth/basic.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func CustomAuth(fn CustomAuthFn, realm string) httplib.Middleware {
 				if value != nil {
 					r = r.WithContext(context.WithValue(r.Context(), ContextAuthKey, value))
 				}
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			}
 		})
 	}