diff --git a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/vpu-kb-wpe-view.js b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/vpu-kb-wpe-view.js
index 9888c051cf697f6f3a0f11e5ddc29695772a6db8..42000f9f98992bc920a776f05592556e9c9624a0 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/vpu-kb-wpe-view.js
+++ b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/vpu-kb-wpe-view.js
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class VPUKnowledgeBaseWebPageElementView extends VPULitElement {
      * Loads the data from the web page element
      */
     loadWebPageElement() {
+        if (window.VPUAuthToken === undefined || window.VPUAuthToken === "") {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // sadly there there is no entity url without "collectionOperations" in entity KnowledgeBaseWebPageElement!
         const apiUrl = this.entryPointUrl + "/web_page_elements/knowledge_base_web_page_elements/" +
             encodeURIComponent(commonUtils.base64EncodeUnicode(encodeURIComponent(this.value))) +