diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/setupProxy.js b/datahub-web-react/src/setupProxy.js
index b084d6deefe79c..478c015705a138 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/setupProxy.js
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/setupProxy.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+const logInFilter = function (pathname, req) {
+  return pathname.match('^/logIn') && req.method === 'POST';
+};
+
 if (process.env.REACT_APP_MOCK === 'true' || process.env.REACT_APP_MOCK === 'cy') {
     // no proxy needed, MirageJS will intercept all http requests
     module.exports = function () {};
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@ if (process.env.REACT_APP_MOCK === 'true' || process.env.REACT_APP_MOCK === 'cy'
     module.exports = function (app) {
         app.use(
             '/logIn',
-            createProxyMiddleware({
+            createProxyMiddleware(logInFilter, {
                 target: 'http://localhost:9002',
                 changeOrigin: true,
             }),