diff --git a/server/util-server.js b/server/util-server.js
index ecdcef076..2a47fa45d 100644
--- a/server/util-server.js
+++ b/server/util-server.js
@@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ exports.constructAuthorizedRequest = function (request, username, userPassword =
         nonce: proxyAuthenticateHeader.nonce.replace(/"/g, ""),
     };
     // Construct Digest authentication header manually
-    userPassword = passwordHash.generate(userPassword);
-    const ha1 = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(`${username}:${digestChallenge.realm}:${userPassword}`).digest("hex");
+    const ha1 = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(`${username}:${digestChallenge.realm}:${passwordHash.generate(userPassword)}`).digest("hex");
     const ha2 = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(`${request.method}:${request.uri}`).digest("hex");
     const response = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(`${ha1}:${digestChallenge.nonce}:${ha2}`).digest("hex");
     const authorizationHeader = `Digest username="${username}", realm="${digestChallenge.realm}", nonce="${digestChallenge.nonce}", uri="${request.uri}", response="${response}"`;