diff --git a/packages/kibocommerce/src/api/utils/api-auth-helper.ts b/packages/kibocommerce/src/api/utils/api-auth-helper.ts
index cc4c0acf0..20cfc7403 100644
--- a/packages/kibocommerce/src/api/utils/api-auth-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/kibocommerce/src/api/utils/api-auth-helper.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import getNextConfig from 'next/config'
 import type { KiboCommerceConfig } from '../index'
 import type { FetchOptions } from '@vercel/fetch'
 import fetch from './fetch'
 
+// This object is persisted during development
+const authCache: { kiboAuthTicket?: AppAuthTicket } = {}
+
 interface AppAuthTicket {
   access_token: string
   token_type: string
@@ -12,19 +14,17 @@ interface AppAuthTicket {
 }
 
 interface AuthTicketCache {
-  getAuthTicket: () => Promise<AppAuthTicket>
+  getAuthTicket: () => Promise<AppAuthTicket | undefined>
   setAuthTicket: (kiboAuthTicket: AppAuthTicket) => void
 }
 
 class RuntimeMemCache implements AuthTicketCache {
   constructor() {}
   async getAuthTicket() {
-    const { serverRuntimeConfig } = getNextConfig()
-    return serverRuntimeConfig.kiboAuthTicket
+    return authCache.kiboAuthTicket
   }
   setAuthTicket(kiboAuthTicket: AppAuthTicket) {
-    const { serverRuntimeConfig } = getNextConfig()
-    serverRuntimeConfig.kiboAuthTicket = kiboAuthTicket
+    authCache.kiboAuthTicket = kiboAuthTicket
   }
 }
 
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ export class APIAuthenticationHelper {
       authTicket = await this.refreshTicket(authTicket)
     }
 
-    return authTicket.access_token
+    return authTicket!.access_token
   }
 }