diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js b/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js
index 4fa6eb3dda..433247c7e9 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ module.exports = {
                 },
                 pathRewrite: {
                     '^/ecm': ''
+                },
+                secure: false,
+                changeOrigin: true,
+                // workaround for REPO-2260
+                onProxyRes: function (proxyRes, req, res) {
+                    const header = proxyRes.headers['www-authenticate'];
+                    if (header && header.startsWith('Basic')) {
+                        proxyRes.headers['www-authenticate'] = 'x' + header;
+                    }
                 }
             },
             '/bpm': {
@@ -162,6 +171,15 @@ module.exports = {
                 },
                 pathRewrite: {
                     '^/bpm': ''
+                },
+                secure: false,
+                changeOrigin: true,
+                // workaround
+                onProxyRes: function (proxyRes, req, res) {
+                    const header = proxyRes.headers['www-authenticate'];
+                    if (header && header.startsWith('Basic')) {
+                        proxyRes.headers['www-authenticate'] = 'x' + header;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }