diff --git a/app/pages/admin/entities/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/entities/new.vue
index 9ec2cae5..9104b695 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/entities/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/entities/new.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ useHead({ title: 'New entity - admin - Daniel Roe' })
 type EntityValue = Omit<EntityRecord, '$type'>
 
 async function save (value: EntityValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/entities', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/entities', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/entities')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/invites/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/invites/new.vue
index 775595d9..248bca61 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/invites/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/invites/new.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface InviteValue {
 }
 
 async function save (value: InviteValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/invites', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/invites', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/invites')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/location.vue b/app/pages/admin/location.vue
index b7852cd2..dd5c263a 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/location.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/location.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ interface LocationEntry {
 const { data, refresh, loading } = useAdminFetch<LocationEntry | null>('/api/admin/location')
 
 async function save (value: LocationValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/location', {
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/location', {
     method: 'PUT',
     body: value,
   })
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/projects/categories/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/projects/categories/new.vue
index eaf283e5..b91f5110 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/projects/categories/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/projects/categories/new.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ useHead({ title: 'New project category - admin - Daniel Roe' })
 type ProjectCategoryValue = Omit<ProjectCategoryRecord, '$type'>
 
 async function save (value: ProjectCategoryValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/project-categories', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/project-categories', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/projects')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/projects/items/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/projects/items/new.vue
index 39f02f01..e814a06d 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/projects/items/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/projects/items/new.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ useHead({ title: 'New project - admin - Daniel Roe' })
 type ProjectValue = Omit<ProjectRecord, '$type'>
 
 async function save (value: ProjectValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/projects', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/projects', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/projects')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/talk-groups/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/talk-groups/new.vue
index 6ccad753..f1bbf511 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/talk-groups/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/talk-groups/new.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ useHead({ title: 'New talk group - admin - Daniel Roe' })
 type TalkGroupValue = Omit<TalkGroupRecord, '$type'>
 
 async function save (value: TalkGroupValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/talk-groups', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/talk-groups', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/talks')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/uses/categories/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/uses/categories/new.vue
index 00119e2c..ec5857a9 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/uses/categories/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/uses/categories/new.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ useHead({ title: 'New uses category - admin - Daniel Roe' })
 type UsesCategoryValue = Omit<UsesCategoryRecord, '$type'>
 
 async function save (value: UsesCategoryValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/uses-categories', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/uses-categories', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/uses')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/pages/admin/uses/items/new.vue b/app/pages/admin/uses/items/new.vue
index f4db2d5f..3f53ebad 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/uses/items/new.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/uses/items/new.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ useHead({ title: 'New uses item - admin - Daniel Roe' })
 type UsesItemValue = Omit<UsesItemRecord, '$type'>
 
 async function save (value: UsesItemValue) {
-  await $fetch('/api/admin/uses-items', { method: 'POST', body: value })
+  await authorisedApi('/api/admin/uses-items', { method: 'POST', body: value })
   await navigateTo('/admin/uses')
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/plugins/unauthorised.client.ts b/app/plugins/unauthorised.client.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 44e0137f..00000000
--- a/app/plugins/unauthorised.client.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-export default defineNuxtPlugin({
-  enforce: 'pre',
-  setup () {
-    globalThis.$fetch = globalThis.$fetch.create({
-      onResponseError ({ request, response }) {
-        if (!isUnauthorised(response)) return
-
-        const url = typeof request === 'string' ? request : request instanceof Request ? request.url : String(request)
-        const path = new URL(url, window.location.origin).pathname
-
-        if (path.startsWith('/api/admin/')) redirectToLogin()
-        else if (path.startsWith('/api/')) useNuxtApp().$auth?.logout()
-      },
-    })
-  },
-})
diff --git a/app/utils/unauthorised.ts b/app/utils/unauthorised.ts
index 2215f0f6..faa30ee1 100644
--- a/app/utils/unauthorised.ts
+++ b/app/utils/unauthorised.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { $fetch } from 'ofetch'
+
 /**
  * Sends the browser back through `/login` when the admin OAuth session is
  * gone, instead of leaving the page rendering empty state. A full page load
@@ -14,3 +16,15 @@ export function isUnauthorised (error: unknown) {
   const code = statusCode ?? status
   return code === 401 || code === 403
 }
+
+export const authorisedApi = $fetch.create({
+  onResponseError ({ request, response }) {
+    if (!isUnauthorised(response)) return
+
+    const url = typeof request === 'string' ? request : request instanceof Request ? request.url : String(request)
+    const path = new URL(url, window.location.origin).pathname
+
+    if (path.startsWith('/api/admin/')) redirectToLogin()
+    else if (path.startsWith('/api/')) useNuxtApp().$auth?.logout()
+  },
+})