diff --git a/pkg/olm/handler.go b/pkg/olm/handler.go
index f5eefc326de..e67d05ba17e 100644
--- a/pkg/olm/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/olm/handler.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (o *OLMHandler) OperandsList(user *auth.User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 	w.Write(resp)
 }
 
-func (o *OLMHandler) CheckPackageManifest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func (o *OLMHandler) CheckPackageManifest(user *auth.User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if r.Method != "GET" {
 		w.Header().Set("Allow", "GET")
 		serverutils.SendResponse(w, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, serverutils.ApiError{Err: "Method unsupported, the only supported methods is GET"})
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (o *OLMHandler) CheckPackageManifest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		return
 	}
 
-	client, _, err := o.getClientWithScheme(nil)
+	client, _, err := o.getClientWithScheme(user)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Error(err)
 		serverutils.SendResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, serverutils.ApiError{Err: fmt.Sprint(err)})
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 2be6ba64b48..56d1e4dc36e 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -471,7 +471,9 @@ func (s *Server) HTTPHandler() (http.Handler, error) {
 
 	handle(packageManifestEndpoint, http.StripPrefix(
 		proxy.SingleJoiningSlash(s.BaseURL.Path, packageManifestEndpoint),
-		authHandler(olmHandler.CheckPackageManifest),
+		authHandlerWithUser(func(user *auth.User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			olmHandler.CheckPackageManifest(user, w, r)
+		}),
 	))
 
 	handle(operandsListEndpoint, http.StripPrefix(