diff --git a/services/auth.py b/services/auth.py
index 442ec9d..6e9f8b2 100644
--- a/services/auth.py
+++ b/services/auth.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 from functools import wraps
 from httpx import AsyncClient, HTTPError
 from settings import AUTH_URL
@@ -10,14 +9,13 @@ INTERNAL_AUTH_SERVER = "v2.discours" in AUTH_URL or "testapi.discours" in AUTH_U
 async def check_auth(req):
     token = req.headers.get("Authorization")
     print(f"[services.auth] checking auth token: {token}")
-    gql = (
-        {"mutation": "{ getSession { user { id } } }"}
+    gql = ("mutation { getSession { user { id } } }"
         if INTERNAL_AUTH_SERVER
-        else {"query": "{ session { user { id } } }"}
+        else "query { session { user { id } } }"
     )
     headers = {"Authorization": token, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
     async with AsyncClient() as client:
-        response = await client.post(AUTH_URL, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(gql))
+        response = await client.post(AUTH_URL, headers=headers, data=gql)
         print(f"{response.text}")
         if response.status_code != 200:
             return False, None