diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index a5f4a4a895a..d9e92a820ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.released
 - Fixed a bug where deleting a dataset would fail if its representation on disk was already missing. [#6720](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/6720)
 - Fixed a bug where a user with multiple organizations could not log in anymore after one of their organization accounts got deactivated. [#6719](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/6719)
 - Fixed rare crash in new Datasets tab in dashboard. [#6750](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/6750) and [#6753](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/6753)
+- Fixed a bug where remote datasets without authentication could not be explored. [#6764](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/6764)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/app/models/binary/credential/CredentialService.scala b/app/models/binary/credential/CredentialService.scala
index 8012d59280e..ab206fc362d 100644
--- a/app/models/binary/credential/CredentialService.scala
+++ b/app/models/binary/credential/CredentialService.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package models.binary.credential
 
 import com.scalableminds.util.tools.Fox
-import com.scalableminds.webknossos.datastore.storage.{HttpBasicAuthCredential, S3AccessKeyCredential}
+import com.scalableminds.webknossos.datastore.storage.{
+  FileSystemsHolder,
+  HttpBasicAuthCredential,
+  S3AccessKeyCredential
+}
 import utils.ObjectId
 
 import java.net.URI
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ class CredentialService @Inject()(credentialDao: CredentialDAO) {
                        organization: String)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Fox[Option[ObjectId]] = {
     val scheme = uri.getScheme
     scheme match {
-      case "https" =>
+      case FileSystemsHolder.schemeHttps =>
         username match {
           case Some(u) =>
             val _id = ObjectId.generate
@@ -25,11 +29,10 @@ class CredentialService @Inject()(credentialDao: CredentialDAO) {
               _ <- credentialDao.insertOne(
                 _id,
                 HttpBasicAuthCredential(uri.toString, u, password.getOrElse(""), user, organization))
-              _ <- credentialDao.findOne(_id)
             } yield Some(_id)
-          case None => Fox.empty
+          case None => Fox.successful(None)
         }
-      case "s3" =>
+      case FileSystemsHolder.schemeS3 =>
         username match {
           case Some(keyId) =>
             password match {
@@ -39,11 +42,10 @@ class CredentialService @Inject()(credentialDao: CredentialDAO) {
                   _ <- credentialDao.insertOne(
                     _id,
                     S3AccessKeyCredential(uri.toString, keyId, secretKey, user, organization))
-                  _ <- credentialDao.findOne(_id)
                 } yield Some(_id)
-              case None => Fox.empty
+              case None => Fox.successful(None)
             }
-          case None => Fox.empty
+          case None => Fox.successful(None)
         }
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/models/binary/explore/ExploreRemoteLayerService.scala b/app/models/binary/explore/ExploreRemoteLayerService.scala
index 983ef7d7a21..aa0cfe72a98 100644
--- a/app/models/binary/explore/ExploreRemoteLayerService.scala
+++ b/app/models/binary/explore/ExploreRemoteLayerService.scala
@@ -144,11 +144,12 @@ class ExploreRemoteLayerService @Inject()(credentialService: CredentialService)
       requestingUser: User)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Fox[List[(DataLayer, Vec3Double)]] =
     for {
       remoteSource <- tryo(RemoteSourceDescriptor(new URI(normalizeUri(layerUri)), user, password)).toFox ?~> s"Received invalid URI: $layerUri"
-      credentialId <- credentialService.createCredential(new URI(normalizeUri(layerUri)),
-                                                         user,
-                                                         password,
-                                                         requestingUser._id.toString,
-                                                         requestingUser._organization.toString)
+      credentialId <- credentialService.createCredential(
+        new URI(normalizeUri(layerUri)),
+        user,
+        password,
+        requestingUser._id.toString,
+        requestingUser._organization.toString) ?~> "Failed to set up remote file system credentaial"
       fileSystem <- FileSystemsHolder.getOrCreate(remoteSource).toFox ?~> "Failed to set up remote file system"
       remotePath <- tryo(fileSystem.getPath(remoteSource.remotePath)) ?~> "Failed to get remote path"
       layersWithVoxelSizes <- exploreRemoteLayersForRemotePath(
diff --git a/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/storage/FileSystemsHolder.scala b/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/storage/FileSystemsHolder.scala
index ff41d7cf9b5..fa14bb9cc89 100644
--- a/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/storage/FileSystemsHolder.scala
+++ b/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/storage/FileSystemsHolder.scala
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ class FileSystemsProvidersCache(val maxEntries: Int) extends LRUConcurrentCache[
 
 object FileSystemsHolder extends LazyLogging {
 
-  private val schemeS3 = "s3"
-  private val schemeHttps = "https"
-  private val schemeHttp = "http"
+  val schemeS3: String = "s3"
+  val schemeHttps: String = "https"
+  val schemeHttp: String = "http"
 
   private val fileSystemsCache = new FileSystemsCache(maxEntries = 100)
   private val fileSystemsProvidersCache = new FileSystemsProvidersCache(maxEntries = 100)