diff --git a/src/app/routes/api/auth.$.ts b/src/app/routes/api/auth.$.ts
index d3af08e..cb75d5a 100644
--- a/src/app/routes/api/auth.$.ts
+++ b/src/app/routes/api/auth.$.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ ensureSuperTokensBackend();
 
 // forwards all supertokens api methods to our API
 const superTokensHandler = handleAuthAPIRequest();
-const handleRequest = async ({ request }: {request: Request}) => superTokensHandler(request);
+const handleRequest = async ({ request }: {request: Request}) => {
+  console.log("=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=");
+  console.log("Handling auth request:", request);
+  return superTokensHandler(request);
+};
 export const ServerRoute = createServerFileRoute('/api/auth/$').methods({
   GET: handleRequest,
   POST: handleRequest,
diff --git a/src/lib/supertokens/recipes/start-session.ts b/src/lib/supertokens/recipes/start-session.ts
index 9ba9500..cb3f7fc 100644
--- a/src/lib/supertokens/recipes/start-session.ts
+++ b/src/lib/supertokens/recipes/start-session.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ export async function getSessionForStart(request: Request, options?: { sessionRe
   ensureSuperTokensBackend();
   
   try {
+    console.log("=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=");
+    console.log("Getting session for request:", request);
     const session = await getSessionForSSR(request);
+    console.log("Session from getSessionForSSR:", session);
+    console.log("=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=");
     
     if (session.hasToken) {
       if (session.accessTokenPayload?.sub === undefined || session.accessTokenPayload?.sessionHandle === undefined) {
diff --git a/src/utils/supertokens.ts b/src/utils/supertokens.ts
index 9460d7f..f3589f8 100644
--- a/src/utils/supertokens.ts
+++ b/src/utils/supertokens.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export const verifySuperTokensSession = async (
 
   if (session?.needsRefresh) {
     logger.info("Session refreshing...");
-    await refreshSession(request, response);
     session = await getSessionForStart(request, { sessionRequired: false });
   }
   const userAuthId = session?.userId;