diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ee22c3..907a744 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# 6.2.1 (2026-06-26)
+
+# Bugfixes
+
+- Fix a bug in curator-writing when non-config tokens are used.
+
+
 # 6.2.0 (2026-06-24)
 
 # New features
diff --git a/dump_things_service/__about__.py b/dump_things_service/__about__.py
index e7c2779..b133e0c 100644
--- a/dump_things_service/__about__.py
+++ b/dump_things_service/__about__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '6.2.0'
+__version__ = '6.2.1'
diff --git a/dump_things_service/curated.py b/dump_things_service/curated.py
index dc79197..fef4529 100644
--- a/dump_things_service/curated.py
+++ b/dump_things_service/curated.py
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ from dump_things_service import (
     HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
     HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT, abstract_config,
 )
-from dump_things_service.abstract_config import check_collection, read_config, \
-    get_config, get_token_config_for_representation_and_collection
+from dump_things_service.abstract_config import (
+    check_collection,
+    read_config,
+)
 from dump_things_service.api_key import api_key_header_scheme
+from dump_things_service.auth import AuthenticationInfo
 from dump_things_service.backends.schema_type_layer import _SchemaTypeLayer
 from dump_things_service.exceptions import CurieResolutionError
 from dump_things_service.instance_state import get_instance_state
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ async def _read_curated_records(
     upper_bound: int | None = 1000,
 ) -> LazyList | dict | None:
 
-    model_store, backend = _get_store_and_backend(collection, api_key)
+    model_store, backend, _ = _get_store_and_backend(collection, api_key)
 
     if pid:
         record_info = backend.get_record_by_iri(model_store.pid_to_iri(pid))
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ async def _delete_curated_record(
         api_key: str | None = None,
 ) -> bool:
     with wrap_http_exception(Exception):
-        model_store, backend = _get_store_and_backend(collection, api_key)
+        model_store, backend, _ = _get_store_and_backend(collection, api_key)
         result = backend.remove_record(model_store.pid_to_iri(pid))
     if not result:
         raise HTTPException(
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ async def _delete_curated_record(
 def _get_store_and_backend(
     collection: str,
     plain_token: str | None,
-) -> tuple[_ModelStore, StorageBackend]:
+) -> tuple[_ModelStore, StorageBackend, AuthenticationInfo]:
 
     # A token is required
     if plain_token is None:
@@ -288,8 +291,8 @@ def _get_store_and_backend(
     model_store = instance_state.curated_stores[collection]
     backend = model_store.backend
     if isinstance(backend, _SchemaTypeLayer):
-        return model_store, backend.backend
-    return model_store, backend
+        return model_store, backend.backend, auth_info
+    return model_store, backend, auth_info
 
 
 def store_curated_record(
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ def store_curated_record(
         instance_state.validators[collection].validate(data)
 
     pid = data.pid
-    model_store, backend = _get_store_and_backend(collection, api_key)
+    model_store, backend, auth_info = _get_store_and_backend(collection, api_key)
 
     json_object = cleaned_json(
         data.model_dump(exclude_none=True, mode='json'),
@@ -318,14 +321,9 @@ def store_curated_record(
             json_object,
         )
 
-    _, token_config, _ = get_token_config_for_representation_and_collection(
-        abstract_config=get_config(),
-        token_representation=api_key,
-        collection_name=collection,
-    )
     for audit_backend in instance_state.audit_backends[collection]:
         audit_backend.add_record(
             record=json_object,
-            committer_id=token_config.user_id,
+            committer_id=auth_info.user_id,
             author_id=author_id,
         )