diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java b/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java
index cff7e18..c86e3f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import dev.dinauer.oidcproxy.callback.SessionRepository;
 import dev.dinauer.oidcproxy.startup.ProxyRoute;
 import dev.dinauer.oidcproxy.startup.RouteService;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.web.Route;
+import io.vertx.core.MultiMap;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.http.Cookie;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpMethod;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class ProxyResource
             LOG.info("Matched route with target '{}'", route.target());
             try
             {
-                HttpResponse<byte[]> response = forward(context.request().method(), route.strategy(), extractSession(context.request().cookies()), route.target(), concat(dropRoute(route.segments(), requestSegments)));
+                HttpResponse<byte[]> response = forward(context.request().headers(), context.request().method(), route.strategy(), extractSession(context.request().cookies()), route.target(), concat(dropRoute(route.segments(), requestSegments)));
                 ResponseHandler.success(context, response);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
@@ -80,9 +81,13 @@ public class ProxyResource
         }
     }
 
-    public HttpResponse<byte[]> forward(HttpMethod method, String strategy, String auth, String forwardRoot, String forwardPath) throws IOException, InterruptedException
+    public HttpResponse<byte[]> forward(MultiMap headers, HttpMethod method, String strategy, String auth, String forwardRoot, String forwardPath) throws IOException, InterruptedException
     {
         HttpRequest.Builder builder = HttpRequest.newBuilder().method(method.name(), HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody()).uri(URI.create(forwardRoot + "/" + forwardPath));
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : headers.entries())
+        {
+            builder.header(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+        }
         if (auth != null && Strings.CI.equals("OIDC", strategy))
         {
             builder.header("Authorization", String.format("Bearer %s", sessionRepository.get(auth)));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/routes.yaml b/src/main/resources/routes.yaml
index 23aaf5a..11de261 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/routes.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/routes.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 routes:
   - path: /api
-    target: http://backend
-    strategy: NONE
+    target: http://localhost:8081
+    strategy: OIDC
   - path: /
     target: http://example.com
     strategy: NONE
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