diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java b/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java
index 3a09b89..cff7e18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/dinauer/oidcproxy/ProxyResource.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Link;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.Strings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ public class ProxyResource
     @Route(path = "/*", order = 1)
     public void proxy(@Context RoutingContext context)
     {
-        List<String> requestSegments = List.of(context.request().path().split("/"));
+        List<String> requestSegments = Arrays.stream(context.request().path().split("/")).filter(item -> !StringUtils.isBlank(item)).toList();
 
         Optional<ProxyRoute> routeOptional = routeService.match(requestSegments);
         if (routeOptional.isPresent())
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ public class ProxyResource
             LOG.info("Matched route with target '{}'", route.target());
             try
             {
-                HttpResponse<byte[]> response = forward(context.request().method(), extractSession(context.request().cookies()), route.target(), concat(dropRoute(route.segments(), requestSegments)));
+                HttpResponse<byte[]> response = forward(context.request().method(), route.strategy(), extractSession(context.request().cookies()), route.target(), concat(dropRoute(route.segments(), requestSegments)));
                 ResponseHandler.success(context, response);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
@@ -78,10 +80,10 @@ public class ProxyResource
         }
     }
 
-    public HttpResponse<byte[]> forward(HttpMethod method, String auth, String forwardRoot, String forwardPath) throws IOException, InterruptedException
+    public HttpResponse<byte[]> forward(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));
-        if (auth != null)
+        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 b39abca..23aaf5a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/routes.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/routes.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 routes:
   - path: /api
-    target: http://localhost:8089/api/iam-backend
+    target: http://backend
     strategy: NONE
   - path: /
-    target: http://localhost:8081
+    target: http://example.com
     strategy: NONE
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