diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/service/remote/webservice/auth/OAuth2AuthorizationContextHolder.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/service/remote/webservice/auth/OAuth2AuthorizationContextHolder.java
index 7681a5fc..45285c8a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/service/remote/webservice/auth/OAuth2AuthorizationContextHolder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/gui/service/remote/webservice/auth/OAuth2AuthorizationContextHolder.java
@@ -292,13 +292,8 @@ public class OAuth2AuthorizationContextHolder implements AuthorizationContextHol
 
             @Override
             public boolean hasError(final ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
-                final boolean hasError = super.hasError(response);
-                if (hasError) {
-                    return hasError;
-                }
-
                 final HttpStatus statusCode = HttpStatus.resolve(response.getRawStatusCode());
-                return (statusCode != null && statusCode.series() == HttpStatus.Series.SERVER_ERROR);
+                return (statusCode != null && statusCode.series().equals(HttpStatus.Series.SERVER_ERROR));
             }
         }