diff --git a/tapir/jvm/src/main/scala/works/iterative/tapir/CustomTapirPlatformSpecific.scala b/tapir/jvm/src/main/scala/works/iterative/tapir/CustomTapirPlatformSpecific.scala
index c1e3054..051bd74 100644
--- a/tapir/jvm/src/main/scala/works/iterative/tapir/CustomTapirPlatformSpecific.scala
+++ b/tapir/jvm/src/main/scala/works/iterative/tapir/CustomTapirPlatformSpecific.scala
@@ -10,15 +10,22 @@
 import sttp.client3.SttpBackend
 import sttp.client3.httpclient.zio.HttpClientZioBackend
 import sttp.capabilities.zio.ZioStreams
+import sttp.client3.SttpBackendOptions
+import sttp.client3.httpclient.HttpClientBackend
+import java.net.http.HttpClient
 
 trait CustomTapirPlatformSpecific extends ZTapir with SttpClientInterpreter:
   self: CustomTapir =>
 
   type Backend = SttpBackend[Task, ZioStreams & WebSockets]
 
-  val clientLayer: TaskLayer[Backend] = ZLayer.fromZIO(
-    HttpClientZioBackend()
-  )
+  val clientLayer: TaskLayer[Backend] =
+    HttpClientZioBackend.layerUsingClient(
+      HttpClient
+        .newBuilder()
+        .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NEVER)
+        .build()
+    )
 
   def makeClient[I, E, O](
       endpoint: PublicEndpoint[I, E, O, Any]
@@ -27,6 +34,12 @@
       backend: Backend,
       wsToPipe: WebSocketToPipe[Any]
   ): I => Task[O] =
-    toRequestThrowErrors(endpoint, baseUri.toUri)(wsToPipe)(_)
+    val req = toRequestThrowErrors(endpoint, baseUri.toUri)
+    req(_)
+      .followRedirects(false)
+      .header(
+        "Cookie",
+        "PLAY_SESSION=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJkYXRhIjp7ImVycm9yX3JlZGlyZWN0IjoiaHR0cDovL2xvY2FsaG9zdDo5MDAwL21kci9hdXRoX2Vycm9yIiwiY3NyZlRva2VuIjoiNGUwNzk1M2Q4NjU3MmZkMGNhNTY5NTM0NTVhMDJiNmE4Y2RhZDc5OS0xNjI0ODk3NjQ1MTM0LWQzMmRlZmIyZDJhY2M0ZmM4YzI4ZTQyMCIsImFwcF9yZWRpcmVjdCI6Imh0dHA6Ly9sb2NhbGhvc3Q6OTAwMC9tZHIvYXBwIiwic3RhdGUiOiI5MWJiMjU5ZmMyZWMwNjUwODQxYWU2YTciLCJvc29ibmlDaXNsbyI6Ijk5OTEyMyIsInJvbGUiOiJhZG1pbmlzdHJhdG9yIn0sIm5iZiI6MTYyNDg5NzY0NSwiaWF0IjoxNjI0ODk3NjQ1fQ._P_wODFg1mbWxVkkLLCo74bCnsmcBFgKvbVECCnnrp0; _dd_s=logs=1&id=c63a44e3-02db-47c6-9234-ee546ce72096&created=1653641211408&expire=1653645413320; pac4jCsrfToken=efdaefd57128407197c3912d76700401; pac4jSessionId=3723ae2d-6d41-4ce1-8eb5-1e9c385e19ce"
+      )
       .send(backend)
       .map(_.body)