diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 722a0f2cf3..f83afa3384 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "auth-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git?rev=fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a#fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git?rev=9d3df28de3bc9a34321b3c99789a9add652cb2ba#9d3df28de3bc9a34321b3c99789a9add652cb2ba"
 dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.4",
  "serde",
@@ -298,17 +298,16 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "authc"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git?rev=fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a#fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git?rev=9d3df28de3bc9a34321b3c99789a9add652cb2ba#9d3df28de3bc9a34321b3c99789a9add652cb2ba"
 dependencies = [
  "auth-common",
  "fxhash",
  "hex",
- "http",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls",
+ "reqwest",
  "rust-argon2",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "url",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -1321,6 +1320,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.73",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "data-encoding"
+version = "2.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ee2393c4a91429dffb4bedf19f4d6abf27d8a732c8ce4980305d782e5426d57"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deflate"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -1498,6 +1503,18 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c34f04666d835ff5d62e058c3995147c06f42fe86ff053337632bca83e42702d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-as-inner"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c5f0096a91d210159eceb2ff5e1c4da18388a170e1e3ce948aac9c8fdbbf595"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.27",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.73",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-iterator"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2370,9 +2387,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "805026a5d0141ffc30abb3be3173848ad46a1b1664fe632428479619a3644d77"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hibitset"
@@ -2384,6 +2401,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hostname"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c731c3e10504cc8ed35cfe2f1db4c9274c3d35fa486e3b31df46f068ef3e867"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "match_cfg",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -2454,12 +2482,10 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f9f7a97316d44c0af9b0301e65010573a853a9fc97046d7331d7f6bc0fd5a64"
 dependencies = [
- "ct-logs",
  "futures-util",
  "hyper",
  "log",
  "rustls",
- "rustls-native-certs",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "webpki",
@@ -2637,6 +2663,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipconfig"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7e2f18aece9709094573a9f24f483c4f65caa4298e2f7ae1b71cc65d853fad7"
+dependencies = [
+ "socket2 0.3.19",
+ "widestring",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winreg 0.6.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68f2d64f2edebec4ce84ad108148e67e1064789bee435edc5b60ad398714a3a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2920,6 +2964,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.73",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lru-cache"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31e24f1ad8321ca0e8a1e0ac13f23cb668e6f5466c2c57319f6a5cf1cc8e3b1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lz-fear"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2960,6 +3013,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "match_cfg"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffbee8634e0d45d258acb448e7eaab3fce7a0a467395d4d9f228e3c1f01fb2e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -3047,6 +3106,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime"
+version = "0.3.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a60c7ce501c71e03a9c9c0d35b861413ae925bd979cc7a4e30d060069aaac8d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minifb"
 version = "0.19.3"
@@ -4047,6 +4112,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.73",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -4401,6 +4472,53 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1382d1f0a252c4bf97dc20d979a2fdd05b024acd7c2ed0f7595d7817666a157"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "246e9f61b9bb77df069a947682be06e31ac43ea37862e244a69f177694ea6d22"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "trust-dns-resolver",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots",
+ "winreg 0.7.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "resolv-conf"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52e44394d2086d010551b14b53b1f24e31647570cd1deb0379e2c21b329aba00"
+dependencies = [
+ "hostname",
+ "quick-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.16.20"
@@ -4831,6 +4949,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.73",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_urlencoded"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edfa57a7f8d9c1d260a549e7224100f6c43d43f9103e06dd8b4095a9b2b43ce9"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -5641,6 +5771,51 @@ dependencies = [
  "vek",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "trust-dns-proto"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0d7f5db438199a6e2609debe3f69f808d074e0a2888ee0bccb45fe234d03f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "enum-as-inner",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "idna",
+ "ipnet",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "rand 0.8.4",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "trust-dns-resolver"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6ad17b608a64bd0735e67bde16b0636f8aa8591f831a25d18443ed00a699770"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "futures-util",
+ "ipconfig",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "lru-cache",
+ "parking_lot 0.11.1",
+ "resolv-conf",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "trust-dns-proto",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -6385,6 +6560,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d54ee1d4ed486f78874278e63e4069fc1ab9f6a18ca492076ffb90c5eb2997fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
 ]
 
@@ -6744,6 +6921,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.21.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aabe153544e473b775453675851ecc86863d2a81d786d741f6b76778f2a48940"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wfd"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -6842,6 +7028,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "widestring"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c168940144dd21fd8046987c16a46a33d5fc84eec29ef9dcddc2ac9e31526b7c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -6940,6 +7132,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "x11-dl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2986deb581c4fe11b621998a5e53361efe6b48a151178d0cd9eeffa4dc6acc9"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0120db82e8a1e0b9fb3345a539c478767c0048d842860994d96113d5b667bd69"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winres"
 version = "0.1.11"
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index c43090cecc..d4823177d5 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rayon = "1.5"
 specs = { git = "https://github.com/amethyst/specs.git", rev = "f985bec5d456f7b0dd8aae99848f9473c2cd9d46" }
 vek = { version = "=0.14.1", features = ["serde"] }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.11", features = ["rayon", "serde", "nightly"] }
-authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a" }
+authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "9d3df28de3bc9a34321b3c99789a9add652cb2ba" }
 
 #TODO: put bot in a different crate
 #bot only
diff --git a/client/src/bin/bot/main.rs b/client/src/bin/bot/main.rs
index d4362b9b12..95b62d88cc 100644
--- a/client/src/bin/bot/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/bin/bot/main.rs
@@ -108,12 +108,6 @@ impl BotClient {
         info!("usernames: {:?}", usernames);
         if let Some(auth_addr) = self.menu_client.server_info().auth_provider.as_ref() {
             let (scheme, authority) = auth_addr.split_once("://").expect("invalid auth url");
-            let scheme = scheme
-                .parse::<authc::Scheme>()
-                .expect("invalid auth url scheme");
-            let authority = authority
-                .parse::<authc::Authority>()
-                .expect("invalid auth url authority");
 
             let authc = AuthClient::new(scheme, authority).expect("couldn't connect to , insecure");
             for username in usernames.iter() {
diff --git a/client/src/lib.rs b/client/src/lib.rs
index 018ca47a64..a292960d90 100644
--- a/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -670,16 +670,6 @@ impl Client {
                         None => return Err(Error::AuthServerUrlInvalid(addr.to_string())),
                     };
 
-                    let scheme = match scheme.parse::<authc::Scheme>() {
-                        Ok(s) => s,
-                        Err(_) => return Err(Error::AuthServerUrlInvalid(addr.to_string())),
-                    };
-
-                    let authority = match authority.parse::<authc::Authority>() {
-                        Ok(a) => a,
-                        Err(_) => return Err(Error::AuthServerUrlInvalid(addr.to_string())),
-                    };
-
                     Ok(authc::AuthClient::new(scheme, authority)?
                         .sign_in(&username, &password)
                         .await?
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index d43a6a0aee..124ab8155a 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rayon = "1.5"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 prometheus = { version = "0.12", default-features = false}
 portpicker = { git = "https://github.com/xMAC94x/portpicker-rs", rev = "df6b37872f3586ac3b21d08b56c8ec7cd92fb172" }
-authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "fb3dcbc4962b367253f8f2f92760ef44d2679c9a" }
+authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "9d3df28de3bc9a34321b3c99789a9add652cb2ba" }
 slab  = "0.4"
 rand_distr = "0.4.0"
 
diff --git a/server/src/login_provider.rs b/server/src/login_provider.rs
index 0fd7db307e..80501816eb 100644
--- a/server/src/login_provider.rs
+++ b/server/src/login_provider.rs
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@ impl LoginProvider {
         let auth_server = auth_addr.map(|addr| {
             let (scheme, authority) = addr.split_once("://").expect("invalid auth url");
 
-            let scheme = scheme
-                .parse::<authc::Scheme>()
-                .expect("invalid auth url scheme");
-            let authority = authority
-                .parse::<authc::Authority>()
-                .expect("invalid auth url authority");
-
             Arc::new(AuthClient::new(scheme, authority).expect("insecure auth scheme"))
         });
 
diff --git a/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs
index 5914cd5f1f..f9f83f9b80 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs
@@ -429,11 +429,16 @@ fn get_client_msg_error(
                 client::AuthClientError::InsecureSchema => {
                     localization.get("main.login.insecure_auth_scheme").into()
                 },
+                client::AuthClientError::InvalidUrl(e) => format!(
+                    "{}: {}",
+                    localization.get("main.login.failed_auth_server_url_invalid"),
+                    e
+                ),
                 client::AuthClientError::ServerError(_, e) => String::from_utf8_lossy(&e).into(),
             },
             Error::AuthServerUrlInvalid(e) => {
                 format!(
-                    "{}: https://{}",
+                    "{}: {}",
                     localization.get("main.login.failed_auth_server_url_invalid"),
                     e
                 )