diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/errors.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/errors.js
index 8becec8a7e..420f8d6fad 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/errors.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/errors.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class NotFoundError extends BackendError {
 
 export function createBackendError(content: BackendErrorContent, statusCode: number) {
   switch (statusCode) {
-    case 403:
+    case 401:
       return new UnauthorizedError(content, statusCode);
     case 404:
       return new NotFoundError(content, statusCode);
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock
index d7afe51035..94816787ec 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock
@@ -688,10 +688,6 @@
     react "^16.4.2"
     react-dom "^16.4.2"
 
-"@scm-manager/ui-types@2.0.0-SNAPSHOT":
-  version "2.0.0-20181010-130547"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@scm-manager/ui-types/-/ui-types-2.0.0-20181010-130547.tgz#9987b519e43d5c4b895327d012d3fd72429a7953"
-
 "@types/node@*":
   version "10.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.12.0.tgz#ea6dcbddbc5b584c83f06c60e82736d8fbb0c235"
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.test.js b/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.test.js
index 7236f803a8..e3b4697ff7 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.test.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/modules/auth.test.js
@@ -180,8 +180,15 @@ describe("auth actions", () => {
 
   it("should dispatch fetch me unauthorized", () => {
     fetchMock.getOnce("/api/v2/me", {
-      status: 401
-    });
+      status: 401,
+      headers: {
+        "content-type": "application/vnd.scmm-error+json;v=2"
+      },
+      body: {
+        transactionId: "123",
+        message: "So nicht Freundchen",
+        context: {}
+      }});
 
     const expectedActions = [
       { type: FETCH_ME_PENDING },