diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1964645..4677ca9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.57"
 tower-sessions = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 tower-sessions-redis-store = { version = "0.11", optional = true }
 async-trait = "0.1.79"
-axum-login = "0.14.0"
+axum-login = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 gloo-net = { git = "https://github.com/rustwasm/gloo.git", rev = "a823fab7ecc4068e9a28bd669da5eaf3f0a56380" }
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ ssr = [
   "tower",
   "tower-http",
   "tower-sessions-redis-store",
+  "axum-login",
 ]
 
 # Defines a size-optimized profile for the WASM bundle in release mode
diff --git a/src/auth_backend.rs b/src/auth_backend.rs
index 24e3454..79e5d9c 100644
--- a/src/auth_backend.rs
+++ b/src/auth_backend.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-use cfg_if::cfg_if;
-
-cfg_if! {
-	if #[cfg(feature = "ssr")] {
-		use async_trait::async_trait;
-		use axum_login::{AuthnBackend, UserId};
-		use crate::users::UserCredentials;
-		use leptos::server_fn::error::ServerFnErrorErr;
-	}
-}
-
-use axum_login::AuthUser;
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use axum_login::{AuthnBackend, AuthUser, UserId};
+use crate::users::UserCredentials;
+use leptos::server_fn::error::ServerFnErrorErr;
 
 use crate::models::User;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 581ae74..74b1c08 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ pub mod users;
 pub mod search;
 pub mod fileserv;
 pub mod error_template;
-pub mod auth_backend;
 use cfg_if::cfg_if;
 
 cfg_if! {
-	if #[cfg(feature = "ssr")] {
+  if #[cfg(feature = "ssr")] {
+    pub mod auth_backend;
     pub mod schema;
   }
 }