diff --git a/frontend/src/api/files.ts b/frontend/src/api/files.ts
index 928f5282..0d6a09b7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/files.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/files.ts
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ export function download(format: any, ...files: string[]) {
     url += `algo=${format}&`;
   }
 
-  const authStore = useAuthStore();
-  if (authStore.jwt) {
-    url += `auth=${authStore.jwt}&`;
-  }
-
   window.open(url);
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/pub.ts b/frontend/src/api/pub.ts
index 4328f64c..964cb030 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/pub.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/pub.ts
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ export function getDownloadURL(res: Resource, inline = false) {
     ...(res.token && { token: res.token }),
   };
 
-  return createURL("api/public/dl/" + res.hash + res.path, params, false);
+  return createURL("api/public/dl/" + res.hash + res.path, params);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/share.ts b/frontend/src/api/share.ts
index 3748da4e..af8a4ee3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/share.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/share.ts
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ export async function create(
 }
 
 export function getShareURL(share: Share) {
-  return createURL("share/" + share.hash, {}, false);
+  return createURL("share/" + share.hash, {});
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/utils.ts b/frontend/src/api/utils.ts
index 7008e28a..a5a64fa1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/utils.ts
@@ -76,23 +76,13 @@ export function removePrefix(url: string): string {
   return url;
 }
 
-export function createURL(endpoint: string, params = {}, auth = true): string {
-  const authStore = useAuthStore();
-
+export function createURL(endpoint: string, searchParams = {}): string {
   let prefix = baseURL;
   if (!prefix.endsWith("/")) {
     prefix = prefix + "/";
   }
   const url = new URL(prefix + encodePath(endpoint), origin);
-
-  const searchParams: SearchParams = {
-    ...(auth && { auth: authStore.jwt }),
-    ...params,
-  };
-
-  for (const key in searchParams) {
-    url.searchParams.set(key, searchParams[key]);
-  }
+  url.search = new URLSearchParams(searchParams).toString();
 
   return url.toString();
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/files/Preview.vue b/frontend/src/views/files/Preview.vue
index 934fd238..7170e3da 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/files/Preview.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/files/Preview.vue
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ const raw = computed(() => {
   }
 
   if (isEpub.value) {
-    return createURL("api/raw" + fileStore.req?.path, {}, false);
+    return createURL("api/raw" + fileStore.req?.path, {});
   }
 
   return downloadUrl.value;