diff --git a/extra/guac related/nginx-site-config.txt b/extra/guac related/nginx-site-config.txt
index 9ddef0b77a1..cbd1297a15a 100644
--- a/extra/guac related/nginx-site-config.txt	
+++ b/extra/guac related/nginx-site-config.txt	
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     }
 
-    location /guac/ {
+    location ^~ /guac/websocket-tunnel/ {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8008;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
diff --git a/web/web/guac_settings.py b/web/web/guac_settings.py
index 62d38265166..7d67608b652 100644
--- a/web/web/guac_settings.py
+++ b/web/web/guac_settings.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.utils.log import DEFAULT_LOGGING
+
 CUCKOO_PATH = os.path.join(Path.cwd(), "..")
 sys.path.append(CUCKOO_PATH)
 
-from lib.cuckoo.common.config import Config
-
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / "subdir".
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@
 
 LOGGING_CONFIG = None
 
-WEB_AUTHENTICATION = getattr(Config("web"), "web_auth", {}).get("enabled", False)
-
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
     "*",
 ]
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
@@ -183,3 +179,4 @@
     from lib.cuckoo.core.data.guac_session import GuacSession  # noqa: F401
     from lib.cuckoo.core.data.db_common import Base
     Base.metadata.create_all(_db.engine)
+