diff --git a/src/app/homepage/pages/recipes/passport/passport.component.ts b/src/app/homepage/pages/recipes/passport/passport.component.ts
index e6d5ff0751..7b0b0a4940 100644
--- a/src/app/homepage/pages/recipes/passport/passport.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/homepage/pages/recipes/passport/passport.component.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class AuthService {
     return `
 import * as passport from 'passport';
 import { ExtractJwt, Strategy } from 'passport-jwt';
-import { Component, Inject } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Component, Inject, UnauthorizedException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth.service';
 
 @Component()
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class JwtStrategy extends Strategy {
   public async verify(req, payload, done) {
     const isValid = await this.authService.validateUser(payload);
     if (!isValid) {
-      return done('Unauthorized', false);
+      return done(new UnauthorizedException(), false);
     }
     done(null, payload);
   }