diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/System/CronController.php b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/System/CronController.php
index 2acd2803c5..b0ab2e1b34 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/System/CronController.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/System/CronController.php
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\System;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\System\CronRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Http\Middleware\Binder;
+use FireflyIII\Http\Middleware\Installer;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Binder\CLIToken;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\AppConfiguration;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers\CronRunner;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
@@ -42,8 +45,9 @@ final class CronController extends Controller
      * This endpoint is documented at:
      * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/about/getCron
      */
-    public function cron(CronRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function cron(CronRequest $request, string $cliToken): JsonResponse
     {
+        CLIToken::routeBinder($cliToken, $request->route());
         $config                           = $request->getAll();
 
         Log::debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__));
diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Requests/System/CronRequest.php b/app/Api/V1/Requests/System/CronRequest.php
index a7cd1607bf..9db00f68ed 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Requests/System/CronRequest.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Requests/System/CronRequest.php
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class CronRequest extends FormRequest
      */
     public function rules(): array
     {
-        return ['force' => 'in:true,false', 'date' => ['nullable', 'date', 'after:1970-01-02', 'before:2038-01-17']];
+        return [
+            'force' => 'in:true,false',
+            'date' => ['nullable', 'date', 'after:1970-01-02', 'before:2038-01-17']];
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Binder.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Binder.php
index e8e7e42283..152f6c3f64 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/Binder.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Binder.php
@@ -42,12 +42,7 @@ class Binder
     /**
      * Binder constructor.
      */
-    public function __construct(
-        /**
-         * The authentication factory instance.
-         */
-        protected Auth $auth
-    ) {
+    public function __construct(protected Auth $auth) {
         $this->binders = Domain::getBindables();
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Support/Binder/CLIToken.php b/app/Support/Binder/CLIToken.php
index 66486aa356..1d81b34c00 100644
--- a/app/Support/Binder/CLIToken.php
+++ b/app/Support/Binder/CLIToken.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Support\Binder;
 
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
+use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Route;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
@@ -56,6 +57,6 @@ class CLIToken implements BinderInterface
         }
         Log::error(sprintf('Recognized no users by access token "%s"', $value));
 
-        throw new NotFoundHttpException();
+        throw new AuthenticationException();
     }
 }
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 08b06bf3b3..3791e2f5d4 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ $app = Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
                                              AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
                                              Binder::class,
                                          ]);
-
-                      // $middleware->priority([StartFireflyIIISession::class, ShareErrorsFromSession::class, Authenticate::class, Binder::class, Authorize::class]);
                   })
                   ->withEvents(discover: [
                                              __DIR__ . '/../app/Listeners',
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index b4f496f8c5..349d2f0235 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-use FireflyIII\Http\Middleware\AcceptHeaders;
-use FireflyIII\Http\Middleware\Binder;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\System\CronController;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
 use function Safe\define;
@@ -47,10 +46,14 @@ Route::group(
         'namespace'  => 'FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\System',
         'prefix'     => 'v1',
         'as'         => 'api.v1.cron.',
-        'middleware' => [Binder::class, AcceptHeaders::class],
     ],
     static function (): void {
-        Route::get('cron/{cliToken}', ['uses' => 'CronController@cron', 'as' => 'index'])->withoutMiddleware(['api']);
+        Route::get('cron/{cliToken}', ['uses' => 'CronController@cron', 'as' => 'index'])
+            ->withoutMiddleware(['api']);
+                Route::get('cron/{cliToken}',
+                    [CronController::class, 'cron']
+                )->name('index')
+                    ->withoutMiddleware(['api']);
     }
 );