diff --git a/proxy/src/auth/backend/console.rs b/proxy/src/auth/backend/console.rs
index 098233c648..3085f0b0e4 100644
--- a/proxy/src/auth/backend/console.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/auth/backend/console.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ impl UserFacingError for ConsoleAuthError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<&auth::credentials::ClientCredsParseError> for ConsoleAuthError {
+    fn from(e: &auth::credentials::ClientCredsParseError) -> Self {
+        ConsoleAuthError::BadProjectName(e.clone())
+    }
+}
+
 // TODO: convert into an enum with "error"
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 struct GetRoleSecretResponse {
@@ -92,14 +98,9 @@ impl<'a> Api<'a> {
 
     async fn get_auth_info(&self) -> Result<AuthInfo> {
         let mut url = self.endpoint.clone();
-        let project_name = self
-            .creds
-            .project_name
-            .as_ref()
-            .map_err(|e| ConsoleAuthError::BadProjectName(e.clone()))?;
         url.path_segments_mut().push("proxy_get_role_secret");
         url.query_pairs_mut()
-            .append_pair("project", project_name)
+            .append_pair("project", self.creds.project_name.as_ref()?)
             .append_pair("role", &self.creds.user);
 
         // TODO: use a proper logger
@@ -121,12 +122,8 @@ impl<'a> Api<'a> {
     /// Wake up the compute node and return the corresponding connection info.
     async fn wake_compute(&self) -> Result<DatabaseInfo> {
         let mut url = self.endpoint.clone();
-        let project_name = self
-            .creds
-            .project_name
-            .as_ref()
-            .map_err(|e| ConsoleAuthError::BadProjectName(e.clone()))?;
         url.path_segments_mut().push("proxy_wake_compute");
+        let project_name = self.creds.project_name.as_ref()?;
         url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("project", project_name);
 
         // TODO: use a proper logger