diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/apiclient.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/apiclient.js
index 0cabb9429e..8c4bde6a72 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/apiclient.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/apiclient.js
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ function handleStatusCode(response: Response) {
   if (!response.ok) {
     switch (response.status) {
       case 401:
-        return throwErrorWithMessage(response, UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR);
+        return throwError(response, UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR);
       case 404:
-        return throwErrorWithMessage(response, NOT_FOUND_ERROR);
+        return throwError(response, NOT_FOUND_ERROR);
       case 409:
-        return throwErrorWithMessage(response, CONFLICT_ERROR);
+        return throwError(response, CONFLICT_ERROR);
       default:
-        return throwErrorWithMessage(response, new Error("server returned status code " + response.status));
+        return throwError(response, new Error("server returned status code " + response.status));
     }
 
   }
   return response;
 }
 
-function throwErrorWithMessage(response: Response, err: Error) {
+function throwError(response: Response, err: Error) {
   return response.json().then(
     json => {
       throw Error(json.message);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.js b/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.js
index 489f701a74..e9bccb8fbc 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.js
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 import type { Me } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 import * as types from "./types";
 
-import {
-  apiClient,
-  UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR_MESSAGE
-} from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import { apiClient, UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { isPending } from "./pending";
 import { getFailure } from "./failure";
 import {
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ export const fetchMe = (link: string) => {
         dispatch(fetchMeSuccess(me));
       })
       .catch((error: Error) => {
-        if (error.message === UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR_MESSAGE) {
+        if (error === UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR) {
           dispatch(fetchMeUnauthenticated());
         } else {
           dispatch(fetchMeFailure(error));