diff --git a/infrastructure/cluster/flux/jhub-dev/jhub-dev-release.yaml b/infrastructure/cluster/flux/jhub-dev/jhub-dev-release.yaml
index 43483f7..d2958f9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/cluster/flux/jhub-dev/jhub-dev-release.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/cluster/flux/jhub-dev/jhub-dev-release.yaml
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ spec:
                   if data is not None:
                     print("AUTHENTICATE CODE - data")
                     pprint.pprint(data)
-                  http_client = self.http_client()
+
+                  http_client = self.http_client
 
                   params = dict(
                     redirect_uri=self.get_callback_url(handler),