diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/auth.js b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/auth.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/auth.js
rename to packages/worker/src/api/controllers/auth.js
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/admin/index.js b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/admin/index.js
index 97924ce7cb..558c6e2c29 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/admin/index.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/admin/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 const Router = require("@koa/router")
-const passport = require("@budibase/auth")
 const controller = require("../../controllers/admin")
-const authController = require("../../controllers/admin/auth")
 const authenticated = require("../../../middleware/authenticated")
 const joiValidator = require("../../../middleware/joi-validator")
 const Joi = require("joi")
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ function buildUserSaveValidation() {
 
 router
   .post("/api/admin/users", buildUserSaveValidation(), authenticated, controller.userSave)
-  .post("/api/admin/authenticate", authController.authenticate)
   .delete("/api/admin/users/:email", authenticated, controller.userDelete)
   .get("/api/admin/users", authenticated, controller.userFetch)
   .get("/api/admin/users/:email", authenticated, controller.userFind)
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/auth.js b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d40071b774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const Router = require("@koa/router")
+const authController = require("../controllers/auth")
+
+const router = Router()
+
+router.post("/api/auth/authenticate", authController.authenticate)
+
+module.exports = router
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/index.js b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/index.js
index 076710b21b..c6bacc81e5 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/index.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const adminRoutes = require("./admin")
+const authRoutes = require("./auth")
 const appRoutes = require("./app")
 
-exports.routes = [adminRoutes, appRoutes]
+exports.routes = [adminRoutes, authRoutes, appRoutes]