diff --git a/app/api/nextcloud/status/route.ts b/app/api/nextcloud/status/route.ts
index e6820d65..27ea3142 100644
--- a/app/api/nextcloud/status/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/nextcloud/status/route.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@ import { getServerSession } from 'next-auth';
 import { authOptions } from '@/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route';
 import { DOMParser } from '@xmldom/xmldom';
 
+async function establishNextcloudSession(nextcloudUrl: string, keycloakToken: string) {
+  // First, try to establish a session with Nextcloud
+  const sessionResponse = await fetch(`${nextcloudUrl}/index.php/apps/oauth2/api/v1/token`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+      'Authorization': `Bearer ${keycloakToken}`,
+    },
+    body: new URLSearchParams({
+      grant_type: 'authorization_code',
+      code: keycloakToken,
+    }).toString(),
+  });
+
+  if (!sessionResponse.ok) {
+    const errorText = await sessionResponse.text();
+    console.error('Failed to establish Nextcloud session:', errorText);
+    throw new Error('Failed to establish Nextcloud session');
+  }
+
+  // Get the session cookie from the response
+  const cookies = sessionResponse.headers.getSetCookie();
+  return cookies.join('; ');
+}
+
 export async function GET() {
   try {
     const session = await getServerSession(authOptions);
@@ -34,13 +59,16 @@ export async function GET() {
     }
 
     try {
-      // Get user's folders using WebDAV with Keycloak token
+      // Establish Nextcloud session
+      const sessionCookie = await establishNextcloudSession(nextcloudUrl, session.accessToken);
+      
+      // Get user's folders using WebDAV with session cookie
       const webdavUrl = `${nextcloudUrl}/remote.php/dav/files/${encodeURIComponent(session.user.email)}/`;
       console.log('Requesting WebDAV URL:', webdavUrl);
 
       const foldersResponse = await fetch(webdavUrl, {
         headers: {
-          'Authorization': `Bearer ${session.accessToken}`,
+          'Cookie': sessionCookie,
           'Depth': '1',
           'Content-Type': 'application/xml',
         },