diff --git a/jupyter_server/gateway/gateway_client.py b/jupyter_server/gateway/gateway_client.py
index a96a339d3f..bdc2ab9456 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/gateway/gateway_client.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/gateway/gateway_client.py
@@ -556,6 +556,10 @@ def load_connection_args(self, **kwargs):
         have yet to be initialized, we'll do that here.
 
         """
+        self.log.warning("now in load_connection_args")
+
+        print("print now in load_connection_args")
+        
         if len(self._connection_args) == 0:
             self.init_connection_args()
 
@@ -563,7 +567,7 @@ def load_connection_args(self, **kwargs):
         prev_auth_token = self.auth_token
         try:
             self.auth_token = self.gateway_token_renewer.get_token(
-                self.auth_header_key, self.auth_scheme, self.auth_token, **kwargs
+                self.auth_header_key, self.auth_scheme, self.auth_token
             )
         except Exception as ex:
             self.log.error(
@@ -719,6 +723,8 @@ async def _is_retryable(self, method: str, exception: Exception) -> bool:
 
 async def gateway_request(endpoint: str, **kwargs: ty.Any) -> HTTPResponse:
     """Make an async request to kernel gateway endpoint, returns a response"""
+    print("now in gateway requeest")
+    
     kwargs = GatewayClient.instance().load_connection_args(**kwargs)
     rhc = RetryableHTTPClient()
     try: