diff --git a/examples/coverpage/Dockerfile b/examples/coverpage/Dockerfile
index 31cb330..ef2bd48 100644
--- a/examples/coverpage/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/coverpage/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/scyllaridae-pandoc:${TAG}
 
 RUN apt-get update \
       && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-      curl=8.5.0-2ubuntu10.4 \
+      curl=8.5.0-2ubuntu10.5 \
       ghostscript=10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 \
       jq=1.7.1-3build1 \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/examples/coverpage/cmd.sh b/examples/coverpage/cmd.sh
index aa5b9b8..985d09f 100755
--- a/examples/coverpage/cmd.sh
+++ b/examples/coverpage/cmd.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ EXISTING_PDF="$TMP_DIR/existing.pdf"
 cat > "${EXISTING_PDF}"
 
 # get the node JSON export
-curl -L -s -o "$TMP_DIR/node.json" "${NODE_JSON_URL}?_format=json"
+curl -L -s -o "$TMP_DIR/node.json" -H "Authorization: $SCYLLARIDAE_AUTH" "${NODE_JSON_URL}?_format=json"
 NODE_JSON=$(cat "$TMP_DIR/node.json")
 
 # extract the title and citation from the node JSON
diff --git a/examples/coverpage/scyllaridae.yml b/examples/coverpage/scyllaridae.yml
index 98ae265..c735959 100644
--- a/examples/coverpage/scyllaridae.yml
+++ b/examples/coverpage/scyllaridae.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 allowedMimeTypes:
   - "application/pdf"
+forwardAuth: true
 cmdByMimeType:
   default:
     cmd: "/app/cmd.sh"