diff --git a/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.spec.ts b/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.spec.ts
index 4fe3c7b0f..319d577f6 100644
--- a/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.spec.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('InterceptHttpService', () => {
         return of(new HttpResponse({status: 200}));
       } else {
         return throwError(new HttpResponse( {
-        status: 403
+        status: 422
         }));
       }
     }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('InterceptHttpService', () => {
     (service: InterceptHttpService) => {
       mockCookieService.set("fdsa|ds");
       service.intercept(mockRequest, mockHandle).subscribe(res => {
-        if (res.status === 403) {
+        if (res.status === 422) {
           expect(btoa(mockRequest.headers.get("X-Xsrftoken"))).toEqual(cookie.split("|")[0]);
         } else {
           expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
diff --git a/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.ts b/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.ts
index ae08e35df..cc8f6c572 100644
--- a/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.ts
+++ b/src/portal/src/app/intercept-http.service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class InterceptHttpService implements HttpInterceptor {
   intercept(request: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<any> {
 
     return next.handle(request).pipe(catchError(error => {
-      if (error.status === 403) {
+      if (error.status === 422) {
         let Xsrftoken = this.cookie.get("_xsrf") ? atob(this.cookie.get("_xsrf").split("|")[0]) : null;
         if (Xsrftoken && !request.headers.has('X-Xsrftoken')) {
           request = request.clone({ headers: request.headers.set('X-Xsrftoken', Xsrftoken) });