diff --git a/src/components/authManager.js b/src/components/authManager.js
index 35b28d4..ba2b211 100644
--- a/src/components/authManager.js
+++ b/src/components/authManager.js
@@ -85,16 +85,18 @@ class AuthManager {
 
             if (!didDocument) {
                 if (!didClient) {
-                    const { DID_SERVER_URL }  = process.env
-                    didClient = new DIDClient(DID_SERVER_URL)
+                    const didClientConfig = {
+                        network: process.env.DID_NETWORK ? process.env.DID_NETWORK : 'testnet',
+                        rpcUrl: process.env.DID_RPC_URL
+                      }
+          
+                      didClient = new DIDClient(didClientConfig);
                 }
 
                 didDocument = await didClient.get(did)
-
-                if (!didDocument) {
-                    return false
-                }
-
+                
+                // @todo: check if the doc was auto-generated or actually
+                // stored on chain? if not on chain, don't cache
                 if (didDocument) {
                     const { DID_CACHE_DURATION }  = process.env
                     mcache.put(cacheKey, didDocument, DID_CACHE_DURATION * 1000)