diff --git a/src/frontend/src/functions/auth.tsx b/src/frontend/src/functions/auth.tsx
index 80877c33e7..f1c9335d50 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/functions/auth.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/functions/auth.tsx
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ export async function handleWebauthnLogin(
 ) {
   const { setAuthContext } = useServerApiState.getState();
 
-  const webauthn_challenge = api
+  const webauthn_challenge = await api
     .get(apiUrl(ApiEndpoints.auth_webauthn_login))
     .catch(() => {})
     .then((response) => {