diff --git a/src/litellm_admin_mcp/gateway.py b/src/litellm_admin_mcp/gateway.py
index a4de0f3..a047705 100644
--- a/src/litellm_admin_mcp/gateway.py
+++ b/src/litellm_admin_mcp/gateway.py
@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ async def _request(self, method: str, path: str, credential: str, *,
             raise AdminError("Gateway returned an invalid JSON response." + uncertain, 502) from None
 
     async def authorize(self, credential: str) -> str:
-        data = await self._request("GET", "/user/info", credential)
+        try:
+            data = await self._request("GET", "/user/info", credential)
+        except AdminError as exc:
+            if exc.status != 404:
+                raise
+            data = None
         user = data.get("user_info") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
         if (not isinstance(user, dict) or user.get("user_role") != "proxy_admin"
                 or not isinstance(user.get("user_id"), str) or not user["user_id"]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4d572c5..5a49a2f 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ def __init__(self):
     def handle(self, request):
         self.requests.append(request)
         token = request.headers.get("authorization", "").removeprefix("Bearer ")
+        if request.url.path == "/user/info" and token == "team-key":
+            return httpx2.Response(404, json={"error": {"message": "User None not found"}})
         if request.url.path == "/user/info":
             role = "proxy_admin" if token in {"alice-admin", "bob-admin"} and token not in self.revoked else "internal_user"
             return httpx2.Response(200, json={"user_id": token, "user_info": {"user_id": token, "user_role": role}})
diff --git a/tests/test_transports.py b/tests/test_transports.py
index 0129518..a818e16 100644
--- a/tests/test_transports.py
+++ b/tests/test_transports.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ async def test_streamable_http_rejects_anonymous_and_keeps_callers_separate(stub
                 assert (await anonymous.get(base + "/healthz")).status_code == 200
                 assert (await anonymous.post(base + "/mcp", json={})).status_code == 401
                 assert (await anonymous.post(base + "/mcp", json={}, headers={"Authorization": "Bearer viewer"})).status_code == 403
+                assert (await anonymous.post(base + "/mcp", json={}, headers={"Authorization": "Bearer team-key"})).status_code == 403
             for credential in ("alice-admin", "bob-admin"):
                 async with httpx2.AsyncClient(headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + credential}) as client:
                     async with streamable_http_client(base + "/mcp", http_client=client) as (read, write):