diff --git a/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImpl.java b/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImpl.java
index 11dc1340220e413f32d8af2e7d6e28dfa322dd57..4ff0343363a9f903ca82b0c976d34ed0d357d24e 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImpl.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImpl.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class RequestInfoImpl implements IRequestInfo {
             }
             return authHeader;
         } else {
-            return "Bearer " + this.serviceAccountJwtClient.getIdToken(tenantInfo.getName());
+            return this.serviceAccountJwtClient.getIdToken(tenantInfo.getName());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java b/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java
index 12ff2ac7990717e41ff96496bc48e65accdcb055..ab4a559577720d6c9d27181fb6c0a2ff134dd495 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.azure.util;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.azure.util.AzureServicePrincipleTokenService;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.logging.JaxRsDpsLog;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 @Component
 @RequestScope
 public class ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl implements IServiceAccountJwtClient {
+    private final String BEARER = "Bearer";
 
     @Inject
     private ITenantFactory tenantInfoServiceProvider;
@@ -55,6 +57,10 @@ public class ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl implements IServiceAccountJwtClient {
 
         this.dpsHeaders.put(DpsHeaders.USER_EMAIL, tenant.getServiceAccount());
 
-        return this.tokenService.getAuthorizationToken();
+        String token = this.tokenService.getAuthorizationToken();
+        if(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(token) && !token.startsWith(BEARER)) {
+            token = BEARER + " " + token;
+        }
+        return token;
     }
 }
diff --git a/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImplTest.java b/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImplTest.java
index 8b2c66becc92c96dcd12825a5347af9cc39acdfa..b9abb87b68e61f9c3078e25f4abec6dfde23e042 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImplTest.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/RequestInfoImplTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class RequestInfoImplTest {
     private static String deploymentEnvironmentValue = "LOCAL";
     private static String deploymentEnvironmentValueCloud = "CLOUD";
     private static String tenant = "tenant1";
-    private static String bearerToken = "bearerToken";
+    private static String bearerToken = "Bearer bearerToken";
     private static String expectedToken = "Bearer bearerToken";
     private static String partitionId = "opendes";
     private static String owner = "owner";
diff --git a/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImplTest.java b/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImplTest.java
index f55c96dc2a34306fc6e0d4beb4cbed79513263f6..9478a58bb08390b0572a711f50ac56006139b25b 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImplTest.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-azure/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/azure/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImplTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 public class ServiceAccountJwtClientImplTest {
 
     private String partitionId="opendes";
-    private static String authorizationToken = "authorizationToken";
+    private static String authorizationToken = "Bearer authorizationToken";
 
     @Mock
     private ITenantFactory tenantInfoServiceProvider;
diff --git a/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/RequestInfoImpl.java b/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/RequestInfoImpl.java
index 5f52f26ee0f01d225c64a97ff8bd608dcc2d2b8b..3e7bd6c60ba3395a3cc8277751972d142b299e18 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/RequestInfoImpl.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/RequestInfoImpl.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class RequestInfoImpl implements IRequestInfo {
             }
             return "Bearer " + authHeader;
         } else {
-            return "Bearer " + this.serviceAccountJwtClient.getIdToken(tenantInfo.getName());
+            return this.serviceAccountJwtClient.getIdToken(tenantInfo.getName());
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java b/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java
index 18d3b7f5011408cdf49b7e9e9553be6a26340aa4..6a6fbfc4662bf23121463dbdb654d3f5fe210aee 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java
+++ b/provider/indexer-ibm/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/ibm/util/ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.ibm.util;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.logging.JaxRsDpsLog;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.AppException;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.annotation.RequestScope;
 @Component
 @RequestScope
 public class ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl implements IServiceAccountJwtClient {
+    private final String BEARER = "Bearer";
 	
     @Inject
     private ITenantFactory tenantInfoServiceProvider;
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ public class ServiceAccountJwtClientImpl implements IServiceAccountJwtClient {
             throw new AppException(HttpStatus.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, "Persistence error", "Error generating token", e);
         }
 
+        if(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(ACCESS_TOKEN) && !ACCESS_TOKEN.startsWith(BEARER)) {
+            ACCESS_TOKEN = BEARER + " " + ACCESS_TOKEN;
+        }
         return ACCESS_TOKEN;
     }