diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d7577da..8917a21 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -519,8 +519,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.2.0",
  "http-body",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-util",
  "itoa",
  "matchit",
  "memchr",
@@ -529,15 +527,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_path_to_error",
- "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
  "tower 0.5.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -558,7 +551,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2597,7 +2589,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
  "clap",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
@@ -2839,16 +2830,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_path_to_error"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af99884400da37c88f5e9146b7f1fd0fbcae8f6eec4e9da38b67d05486f814a6"
-dependencies = [
- "itoa",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_spanned"
 version = "0.6.8"
@@ -3550,10 +3531,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6daa4ba..df29692 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ quote = "1.0"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 heck = "0.5"
 darling = "0.20"
-axum = { version = "0.7", features = ["http2"] }
 
 [dependencies]
 rustical_store = { workspace = true }
@@ -133,4 +132,3 @@ rpassword.workspace = true
 argon2.workspace = true
 pbkdf2.workspace = true
 password-hash.workspace = true
-axum.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/store/src/auth/user.rs b/crates/store/src/auth/user.rs
index 6822ea2..aa741fe 100644
--- a/crates/store/src/auth/user.rs
+++ b/crates/store/src/auth/user.rs
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ impl ResponseError for UnauthorizedError {
                 header::WWW_AUTHENTICATE,
                 r#"Basic realm="RustiCal", charset="UTF-8""#,
             ))
-            // The force_close is a workaround for a bug where something freezes when the
-            // connection is reused after a 401.
-            // possibly related to https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1805
-            .force_close()
             .finish()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index ce14db2..1215b4d 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ pub fn make_app<AS: AddressbookStore + ?Sized, CS: CalendarStore + ?Sized>(
                 frontend_config,
             )
         }))
-        .service(web::redirect("/", "/frontend").see_other())
+    // .service(web::redirect("/", "/frontend").see_other())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 811a04f..e0a2372 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::config::Config;
+use actix_web::http::KeepAlive;
 use actix_web::HttpServer;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use app::make_app;
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 )
             })
             .bind((config.http.host, config.http.port))?
+            // Workaround for a weird bug where
+            // new requests might timeout since they cannot properly reuse the connection
+            // https://github.com/lennart-k/rustical/issues/10
+            .keep_alive(KeepAlive::Disabled)
             .run()
             .await?;
         }