diff --git a/data/conf/dovecot/auth/mailcowauth.php b/data/conf/dovecot/auth/mailcowauth.php
index 667419c57..4eda382b7 100644
--- a/data/conf/dovecot/auth/mailcowauth.php
+++ b/data/conf/dovecot/auth/mailcowauth.php
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ if ($isSOGoRequest) {
   }
 }
 if ($result === false){
-  $result = apppass_login($post['username'], $post['password'], array($post['service'] => true), array(
+  // If it's a SOGo Request, don't check for protocol access
+  $service = (isSOGoRequest) ? false : array($post['service'] => true);
+  $result = apppass_login($post['username'], $post['password'], $service, array(
     'is_internal' => true,
     'remote_addr' => $post['real_rip']
   ));
diff --git a/data/conf/dovecot/auth/passwd-verify.lua b/data/conf/dovecot/auth/passwd-verify.lua
index 18c18dbe3..19dcc4bd6 100644
--- a/data/conf/dovecot/auth/passwd-verify.lua
+++ b/data/conf/dovecot/auth/passwd-verify.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function auth_password_verify(request, password)
     insecure = true
   }
 
-  if c ~= 200 then
+  if c ~= 200 and c ~= 401 then
     dovecot.i_info("HTTP request failed with " .. c .. " for user " .. request.user)
     return dovecot.auth.PASSDB_RESULT_INTERNAL_FAILURE, "Upstream error"
   end