diff --git a/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/MessageDistributor.ts b/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/MessageDistributor.ts
index c5ac4f6b5..b342fd4bf 100644
--- a/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/MessageDistributor.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/MessageDistributor.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export default class MessageDistributor extends StatedScreen {
 
     if (live) {
       initListsDepr({})
-      this.assistManager.connect();
+      this.assistManager.connect(this.session.agentToken);
     } else {
       this.activityManager = new ActivityManager(this.session.duration.milliseconds);
       /* == REFACTOR_ME == */
diff --git a/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts b/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts
index 5a4945fbe..d979d52f8 100644
--- a/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export default class AssistManager {
   }
 
   private socket: Socket | null = null
-  connect() {
+  connect(agentToken: string) {
     const jmr = new JSONRawMessageReader()
     const reader = new MStreamReader(jmr)
     let waitingForMessages = true
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ export default class AssistManager {
       // @ts-ignore WTF, socket.io ???
       const socket: Socket = this.socket = io(urlObject.origin, {
         path: '/ws-assist/socket',
+        auth: {
+          token: agentToken
+        },
         query: {
           peerId: this.peerID,
           identity: "agent",
diff --git a/frontend/app/types/session/session.ts b/frontend/app/types/session/session.ts
index d66670963..9beee5cd0 100644
--- a/frontend/app/types/session/session.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/types/session/session.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ export default Record({
   revId: '',
   userSessionsCount: 0,
   agentIds: [],
-  isCallActive: false
+  isCallActive: false,
+  agentToken: ''
 }, {
   fromJS:({
     startTs=0,