diff --git a/custom_components/auth_oidc/__init__.py b/custom_components/auth_oidc/__init__.py
index b8638b3..7fb452c 100644
--- a/custom_components/auth_oidc/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/auth_oidc/__init__.py
@@ -157,6 +157,6 @@ async def _setup_oidc_provider(hass: HomeAssistant, my_config: dict, display_nam
     _LOGGER.info("Registered OIDC views")
 
     # Inject OIDC code into the frontend for /auth/authorize for automatic redirect
-    await OIDCInjectedAuthPage.inject(hass)
+    await OIDCInjectedAuthPage.inject(hass, force_https)
 
     return True
diff --git a/custom_components/auth_oidc/config/const.py b/custom_components/auth_oidc/config/const.py
index 22626b5..0eef999 100644
--- a/custom_components/auth_oidc/config/const.py
+++ b/custom_components/auth_oidc/config/const.py
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict
 
 DEFAULT_TITLE = "OpenID Connect (SSO)"
 DOMAIN = "auth_oidc"
-REPO_ROOT_URL = (
-    "https://github.com/christiaangoossens/hass-oidc-auth/tree/v1.0.0-rc1"
-)
+REPO_ROOT_URL = "https://github.com/christiaangoossens/hass-oidc-auth/tree/v1.0.0-rc1"
 
 ## ===
 ## Config keys
diff --git a/custom_components/auth_oidc/endpoints/injected_auth_page.py b/custom_components/auth_oidc/endpoints/injected_auth_page.py
index ba5c5c4..bb9b45e 100644
--- a/custom_components/auth_oidc/endpoints/injected_auth_page.py
+++ b/custom_components/auth_oidc/endpoints/injected_auth_page.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 """Injected authorization page, replacing the original"""
 
+import base64
 import logging
 from functools import partial
-from homeassistant.components.http import HomeAssistantView, StaticPathConfig
-from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
+from urllib.parse import quote, unquote
 from aiohttp import web
 from aiofiles import open as async_open
 
+from homeassistant.components.http import HomeAssistantView, StaticPathConfig
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
+
+from .welcome import PATH as WELCOME_PATH
+from ..tools.helpers import get_url
+
 PATH = "/auth/authorize"
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@ async def read_file(path: str) -> str:
         return await f.read()
 
 
-async def frontend_injection(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+async def frontend_injection(hass: HomeAssistant, force_https: bool) -> None:
     """Inject new frontend code into /auth/authorize."""
     router = hass.http.app.router
     frontend_path = None
@@ -61,7 +67,7 @@ async def frontend_injection(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     frontend_code = await read_file(frontend_path)
 
     # Inject JS and register that route
-    injection_js = "<script src='/auth/oidc/static/injection.js?v=4'></script>"
+    injection_js = "<script src='/auth/oidc/static/injection.js?v=6'></script>"
     frontend_code = frontend_code.replace("</body>", f"{injection_js}</body>")
 
     await hass.http.async_register_static_paths(
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ async def frontend_injection(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     )
 
     # If everything is succesful, register a fake view that just returns the modified HTML
-    hass.http.register_view(OIDCInjectedAuthPage(frontend_code))
+    hass.http.register_view(OIDCInjectedAuthPage(frontend_code, force_https))
     _LOGGER.info("Performed OIDC frontend injection")
 
 
@@ -91,18 +97,46 @@ class OIDCInjectedAuthPage(HomeAssistantView):
     url = PATH
     name = "auth:oidc:authorize_page"
 
-    def __init__(self, html: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, html: str, force_https: bool) -> None:
         """Initialize the injected auth page."""
         self.html = html
+        self.force_https = force_https
 
     @staticmethod
-    async def inject(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    async def inject(hass: HomeAssistant, force_https: bool) -> None:
         """Inject the OIDC auth page into the frontend."""
         try:
-            await frontend_injection(hass)
+            await frontend_injection(hass, force_https)
         except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             _LOGGER.error("Failed to inject OIDC auth page: %s", e)
 
-    async def get(self, _) -> web.Response:
-        """Return the screen"""
+    @staticmethod
+    def _should_do_oidc_redirect(req: web.Request) -> bool:
+        """Check if we should redirect to the OIDC flow."""
+        if req.query.get("skip_oidc_redirect") == "true":
+            return False
+
+        redirect_uri = req.query.get("redirect_uri")
+        if not redirect_uri:
+            return False
+
+        # Handle both encoded and plain redirect_uri values.
+        decoded_redirect_uri = unquote(redirect_uri)
+        return "skip_oidc_redirect=true" not in decoded_redirect_uri
+
+    def _get_welcome_redirect_location(self, req: web.Request) -> str:
+        """Build the welcome URL for the injected auth page redirect."""
+        encoded_current_url = quote(
+            base64.b64encode(str(req.url).encode("utf-8")).decode("ascii")
+        )
+        return get_url(
+            f"{WELCOME_PATH}?redirect_uri={encoded_current_url}",
+            self.force_https,
+        )
+
+    async def get(self, req: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+        """Return the original page or redirect into the OIDC flow."""
+        if self._should_do_oidc_redirect(req):
+            raise web.HTTPFound(location=self._get_welcome_redirect_location(req))
+
         return web.Response(text=self.html, content_type="text/html")
diff --git a/custom_components/auth_oidc/manifest.json b/custom_components/auth_oidc/manifest.json
index 5b4bbcd..82832d2 100644
--- a/custom_components/auth_oidc/manifest.json
+++ b/custom_components/auth_oidc/manifest.json
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
   "requirements": [
     "aiofiles",
     "jinja2",
-    "bcrypt",
     "joserfc"
   ],
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc1"
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/custom_components/auth_oidc/provider.py b/custom_components/auth_oidc/provider.py
index 590a97f..8e55e77 100644
--- a/custom_components/auth_oidc/provider.py
+++ b/custom_components/auth_oidc/provider.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import logging
 
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 import asyncio
-import bcrypt
 from homeassistant.auth import EVENT_USER_ADDED
 from homeassistant.auth.providers import (
     AUTH_PROVIDERS,
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ class OpenIDAuthProvider(AuthProvider):
             # Keep cookie lifetime aligned with state lifetime in storage (5 minutes).
             "set-cookie": f"{COOKIE_NAME}="
             + state_id
-            + "; Path=/auth/; SameSite=Strict; HttpOnly; Max-Age=300"
+            + "; Path=/auth/; SameSite=Lax; HttpOnly; Max-Age=300"
             + secure_flag,
         }
 
@@ -367,14 +366,6 @@ class OpenIdLoginFlow(LoginFlow):
     """Handler for the login flow."""
 
     async def _finalize_user(self, state_id: str) -> AuthFlowResult:
-        # Verify a dummy hash to make it last a bit longer
-        # as security measure (limits the amount of attempts you have in 5 min)
-        # Similar to what the HomeAssistant auth provider does
-        dummy = b"$2b$12$CiuFGszHx9eNHxPuQcwBWez4CwDTOcLTX5CbOpV6gef2nYuXkY7BO"
-        bcrypt.checkpw(b"foo", dummy)
-
-        # Actually look up the auth provider after,
-        # this doesn't take a lot of time (regardless of it's in there or not)
         sub = await self._auth_provider.async_get_subject(state_id)
         if sub:
             return await self.async_finish(
@@ -396,11 +387,10 @@ class OpenIdLoginFlow(LoginFlow):
             state_cookie = req.cookies.get(COOKIE_NAME)
 
             if state_cookie:
-                _LOGGER.debug("State cookie found on login: %s", state_cookie)
                 try:
                     return await self._finalize_user(state_cookie)
                 except InvalidAuthError:
-                    pass
+                    return self.async_abort(reason="oidc_cookie_invalid")
 
         # If no cookie is found, abort.
         # User should either be redirected or start manually on the welcome
diff --git a/custom_components/auth_oidc/static/injection.js b/custom_components/auth_oidc/static/injection.js
index d2e299b..95c556a 100644
--- a/custom_components/auth_oidc/static/injection.js
+++ b/custom_components/auth_oidc/static/injection.js
@@ -1,58 +1,19 @@
 /**
- * OIDC Frontend Redirect injection script
- * This script is injected because the 'hass-oidc-auth' custom component is active.
+ * hass-oidc-auth - UX script to automatically select the Home Assistant auth provider when the "Login aborted" message is shown.
  */
 
-function attempt_oidc_redirect() {
-  // Get URL parameters
-  const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+let authFlowElement = null
 
-  // Check if we have skip_oidc_redirect directly here
-  if (urlParams.get('skip_oidc_redirect') === 'true') {
-      // No console log because this is intended behavior
-      return;
-  }
-
-  const originalUrl = urlParams.get('redirect_uri');
-  if (!originalUrl) {
-    console.warn('[OIDC] No OAuth2 redirect_uri parameter found in the URL. Frontend redirect cancelled.');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  try {
-    // Parse the redirect URI
-    const redirectUrl = new URL(originalUrl);
-
-    // Check if redirect URI has a query parameter to stop OIDC injection
-    if (redirectUrl.searchParams.get('skip_oidc_redirect') === 'true') {
-      // No console log because this is intended behavior
-      return;
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('[OIDC] Invalid redirect_uri parameter:', error);
-  }
-
-  window.stop(); // Stop loading the current page before redirecting
-
-  // Redirect to the OIDC auth URL
-  const base64encodeUrl = btoa(window.location.href);
-  const oidcAuthUrl = '/auth/oidc/welcome?redirect_uri=' + encodeURIComponent(base64encodeUrl);
-  window.location.href = oidcAuthUrl;
-}
-
-function click_alternative_provider_instead() {
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    // Find ha-auth-flow
-    const authFlowElement = document.querySelector('ha-auth-flow');
+function update() {
+  // Find ha-auth-flow
+    authFlowElement = document.querySelector('ha-auth-flow');
 
     if (!authFlowElement) {
-      console.warn("[OIDC] ha-auth-flow element not found. Not automatically selecting HA provider.");
       return;
     }
 
     // Check if the text "Login aborted" is present on the page
     if (!authFlowElement.innerText.includes('Login aborted')) {
-      console.warn("[OIDC] 'Login aborted' text not found. Not automatically selecting HA provider.");
       return;
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +21,6 @@ function click_alternative_provider_instead() {
     const authProviderElement = document.querySelector('ha-pick-auth-provider');
 
     if (!authProviderElement) {
-      console.warn("[OIDC] ha-pick-auth-provider not found. Not automatically selecting HA provider.");
       return;
     }
 
@@ -72,11 +32,30 @@ function click_alternative_provider_instead() {
     }
 
     firstListItem.click();
-  }, 500);
 }
 
-// Run OIDC injection upon load
-(() => {
-  attempt_oidc_redirect();
-  click_alternative_provider_instead();
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+// Hide the content until ready
+let ready = false
+document.querySelector(".content").style.display = "none"
+
+const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => {
+  update();
+
+  if (!ready) {
+    ready = Boolean(authFlowElement)
+    if (ready) {
+      document.querySelector(".content").style.display = ""
+    }
+  }
+})
+
+observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true })
+
+setTimeout(() => {
+  if (!ready) {
+    console.warn("[hass-oidc-auth]: Document was not ready after 300ms seconds, showing content anyway.")
+  }
+
+  // Force display the content
+  document.querySelector(".content").style.display = "";
+}, 300)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6636e4b..10f6812 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 dependencies = [
     "aiofiles~=25.1",
     "jinja2~=3.1",
-    "bcrypt~=5.0",
     "joserfc~=1.6.0",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_hass_auth_provider.py b/tests/test_hass_auth_provider.py
index 4d2e6d7..baa80b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_hass_auth_provider.py
+++ b/tests/test_hass_auth_provider.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async def test_provider_cookie_header_sets_secure_when_requested(hass: HomeAssis
     provider = hass.auth.get_auth_providers(DOMAIN)[0]
     cookie_header = provider.get_cookie_header("state-id", secure=True)["set-cookie"]
 
-    assert "SameSite=Strict" in cookie_header
+    assert "SameSite=Lax" in cookie_header
     assert "HttpOnly" in cookie_header
     assert "Secure" in cookie_header
 
@@ -342,5 +342,36 @@ async def test_login_with_invalid_cookie_aborts(hass: HomeAssistant):
 
         result = await flow.async_step_init({})
 
+    assert result["type"] == FlowResultType.ABORT
+    assert result["reason"] == "oidc_cookie_invalid"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_login_with_no_cookie_aborts(hass: HomeAssistant):
+    """Missing cookie should fail closed."""
+    await setup(
+        hass,
+        {
+            CLIENT_ID: "dummy",
+            DISCOVERY_URL: MockOIDCServer.get_discovery_url(),
+            FEATURES: {
+                FEATURES_AUTOMATIC_PERSON_CREATION: False,
+                FEATURES_AUTOMATIC_USER_LINKING: False,
+            },
+        },
+        True,
+    )
+
+    provider = hass.auth.get_auth_providers(DOMAIN)[0]
+    flow = await provider.async_login_flow({})
+
+    fake_request = SimpleNamespace(cookies={}, remote="127.0.0.1")
+    with patch(
+        "custom_components.auth_oidc.provider.http.current_request"
+    ) as current_request:
+        current_request.get.return_value = fake_request
+
+        result = await flow.async_step_init({})
+
     assert result["type"] == FlowResultType.ABORT
     assert result["reason"] == "no_oidc_cookie_found"
diff --git a/tests/test_hass_webserver.py b/tests/test_hass_webserver.py
index 8fac182..5a4adad 100644
--- a/tests/test_hass_webserver.py
+++ b/tests/test_hass_webserver.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import base64
 import os
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, quote, unquote, urlparse
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 from auth_oidc.config.const import DISCOVERY_URL, CLIENT_ID
 import pytest
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ async def setup(
     assert result
 
 
+async def setup_mock_authorize_route(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """Register a mock /auth/authorize page so frontend injection can hook into it."""
+    await async_setup_component(hass, HTTP_DOMAIN, {})
+
+    mock_html_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "mocks", "auth_page.html")
+    await hass.http.async_register_static_paths(
+        [
+            StaticPathConfig(
+                "/auth/authorize",
+                mock_html_path,
+                cache_headers=False,
+            )
+        ]
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_welcome_page_registration(hass: HomeAssistant, hass_client):
     """Test that welcome page is present."""
@@ -87,7 +104,7 @@ async def test_welcome_rejects_invalid_encoded_redirect_uri(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_welcome_sets_strict_state_cookie_flags(hass: HomeAssistant, hass_client):
+async def test_welcome_sets_secure_state_cookie_flags(hass: HomeAssistant, hass_client):
     """Welcome should set secure cookie flags for the OIDC state cookie."""
     await setup(hass)
 
@@ -105,7 +122,7 @@ async def test_welcome_sets_strict_state_cookie_flags(hass: HomeAssistant, hass_
 
     set_cookie = resp.headers.get("Set-Cookie", "")
     assert "Path=/auth/" in set_cookie
-    assert "SameSite=Strict" in set_cookie
+    assert "SameSite=Lax" in set_cookie
     assert "HttpOnly" in set_cookie
     assert "Max-Age=300" in set_cookie
 
@@ -557,25 +574,14 @@ async def test_frontend_injection(hass: HomeAssistant, hass_client):
     """Test that frontend injection works."""
 
     # Because there is no frontend in the test setup,
-    # we'll have to fake /auth/authorize for the changes to register
-    await async_setup_component(hass, HTTP_DOMAIN, {})
-
-    mock_html_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "mocks", "auth_page.html")
-    await hass.http.async_register_static_paths(
-        [
-            StaticPathConfig(
-                "/auth/authorize",
-                mock_html_path,
-                cache_headers=False,
-            )
-        ]
-    )
+    # we'll have to fake /auth/authorize for the changes to register.
+    await setup_mock_authorize_route(hass)
 
     await setup(hass)
 
     client = await hass_client()
     resp = await client.get("/auth/authorize", allow_redirects=False)
-    assert resp.status == 200
+    assert resp.status == 200  # 200 because there is no redirect_uri
     text = await resp.text()
 
     assert "<script src='/auth/oidc/static/injection.js" in text
@@ -606,7 +612,7 @@ async def test_frontend_injection_logs_and_returns_when_route_handler_is_unexpec
             return iter([FakeRoute()])
 
     with patch.object(hass.http.app.router, "resources", return_value=[FakeResource()]):
-        await frontend_injection(hass)
+        await frontend_injection(hass, force_https=False)
 
     assert "Unexpected route handler type" in caplog.text
     assert (
@@ -625,6 +631,61 @@ async def test_injected_auth_page_inject_logs_errors(hass: HomeAssistant, caplog
         "custom_components.auth_oidc.endpoints.injected_auth_page.frontend_injection",
         side_effect=RuntimeError("boom"),
     ):
-        await OIDCInjectedAuthPage.inject(hass)
+        await OIDCInjectedAuthPage.inject(hass, force_https=False)
 
     assert "Failed to inject OIDC auth page: boom" in caplog.text
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_injected_auth_page_redirects_to_welcome_when_not_skipped(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, hass_client
+):
+    """Injected auth page should redirect into OIDC when skip flags are absent."""
+
+    await setup_mock_authorize_route(hass)
+    await setup(hass)
+
+    client = await hass_client()
+    encoded_redirect_uri = quote(create_redirect_uri(WEB_CLIENT_ID), safe="")
+
+    resp = await client.get(
+        f"/auth/authorize?redirect_uri={encoded_redirect_uri}",
+        allow_redirects=False,
+    )
+    assert resp.status == 302
+
+    location = resp.headers["Location"]
+    parsed_location = urlparse(location)
+    assert parsed_location.path == "/auth/oidc/welcome"
+
+    query = parse_qs(parsed_location.query)
+    assert "redirect_uri" in query
+
+    original_url = base64.b64decode(unquote(query["redirect_uri"][0]), validate=True)
+    original_url = original_url.decode("utf-8")
+    assert "/auth/authorize?redirect_uri=" in original_url
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "request_target",
+    [
+        "/auth/authorize?skip_oidc_redirect=true",
+        "/auth/authorize?redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fauth%2Fauthorize%3Fskip_oidc_redirect%3Dtrue",
+    ],
+)
+async def test_injected_auth_page_returns_original_html_when_skipped(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    hass_client,
+    request_target: str,
+):
+    """Injected auth page should render HTML when redirect suppression is requested."""
+
+    await setup_mock_authorize_route(hass)
+    await setup(hass)
+
+    client = await hass_client()
+    response = await client.get(request_target, allow_redirects=False)
+
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert "<script src='/auth/oidc/static/injection.js" in await response.text()
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 5d7657d..a252294 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -958,7 +958,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiofiles" },
-    { name = "bcrypt" },
     { name = "jinja2" },
     { name = "joserfc" },
 ]
@@ -977,7 +976,6 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "aiofiles", specifier = "~=25.1" },
-    { name = "bcrypt", specifier = "~=5.0" },
     { name = "jinja2", specifier = "~=3.1" },
     { name = "joserfc", specifier = "~=1.6.0" },
 ]