diff --git a/.daily_canary b/.daily_canary
index 703e4e8a944..a56614de10c 100644
--- a/.daily_canary
+++ b/.daily_canary
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-     ___     ___     ___
-    (- *)   (O o)   (O o)    Y
-   (  V  ) (  V  ) (  V  )  /
-||/--x-m- /--m-m-----m-m---/---->
-||
-||
+   ___     ___
+  (- *)   (O o)   |     Y
+ (  V  ) (  V  )  O    /
+/--x-m- /--m-m---xXx--/
diff --git a/src/node/rpc/forwarder.h b/src/node/rpc/forwarder.h
index 489b9c6c244..a36f1cdfa37 100644
--- a/src/node/rpc/forwarder.h
+++ b/src/node/rpc/forwarder.h
@@ -277,28 +277,26 @@ namespace ccf
       }
 
       const auto actor_opt = http::extract_actor(*ctx);
-      if (!actor_opt.has_value())
+      std::optional<std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcHandler>> search;
+      ccf::ActorsType actor = ccf::ActorsType::unknown;
+
+      if (actor_opt.has_value())
       {
-        LOG_FAIL_FMT("Failed to extract actor from forwarded context.");
-        LOG_DEBUG_FMT(
-          "Failed to extract actor from forwarded context. Method is "
-          "'{}'",
-          ctx->get_method());
+        const auto& actor_s = actor_opt.value();
+        actor = rpc_map_shared->resolve(actor_s);
+        search = rpc_map_shared->find(actor);
       }
-
-      const auto& actor_s = actor_opt.value();
-      auto actor = rpc_map_shared->resolve(actor_s);
-      auto handler = rpc_map_shared->find(actor);
-      if (actor == ccf::ActorsType::unknown || !handler.has_value())
+      if (
+        !actor_opt.has_value() || actor == ccf::ActorsType::unknown ||
+        !search.has_value())
       {
-        LOG_FAIL_FMT("Failed to process forwarded command: unknown actor");
-        LOG_DEBUG_FMT(
-          "Failed to process forwarded command: unknown actor {}", actor_s);
-        return nullptr;
+        // if there is no actor, proceed with the "app" as the ActorType and
+        // process the request
+        search = rpc_map_shared->find(ccf::ActorsType::users);
       }
 
       auto fwd_handler =
-        std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ForwardedRpcHandler>(handler.value());
+        std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ForwardedRpcHandler>(search.value());
       if (!fwd_handler)
       {
         LOG_FAIL_FMT(
diff --git a/tests/e2e_logging.py b/tests/e2e_logging.py
index e43e584a09f..4035e59abf7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e_logging.py
+++ b/tests/e2e_logging.py
@@ -1131,6 +1131,29 @@ def test_forwarding_frontends(network, args):
     return network
 
 
+@reqs.description("Testing forwarding on user frontends without actor app prefix")
+@reqs.at_least_n_nodes(2)
+@reqs.no_http2()
+def test_forwarding_frontends_without_app_prefix(network, args):
+    backup = network.find_any_backup()
+
+    with backup.client("user0") as _:
+        check = infra.checker.Checker()
+        msg = "forwarded_msg"
+        log_id = 7
+        network.txs.issue(
+            network,
+            1,
+            idx=log_id,
+            send_public=False,
+            msg=msg,
+            private_url="/log/private",
+        )
+        check(network.txs.request(log_id, priv=True), result={"msg": msg})
+
+    return network
+
+
 @reqs.description("Testing signed queries with escaped queries")
 @reqs.installed_package("samples/apps/logging/liblogging")
 @reqs.at_least_n_nodes(2)
@@ -1618,6 +1641,7 @@ def additional_interfaces(local_node_id):
         test_clear(network, args)
         test_record_count(network, args)
         test_forwarding_frontends(network, args)
+        test_forwarding_frontends_without_app_prefix(network, args)
         test_signed_escapes(network, args)
         test_user_data_ACL(network, args)
         test_cert_prefix(network, args)
diff --git a/tests/infra/logging_app.py b/tests/infra/logging_app.py
index 7f80cbb50fc..6ca07a59d21 100644
--- a/tests/infra/logging_app.py
+++ b/tests/infra/logging_app.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def issue(
         msg=None,
         user=None,
         url_suffix=None,
+        private_url=None,
     ):
         self.network = network
         remote_node, _ = network.find_primary(log_capture=log_capture)
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ def issue(
                     if self.scope is not None:
                         args["scope"] = self.scope
                     url = "/app/log/private"
+                    url = private_url if private_url else url
                     if url_suffix:
                         url += "/" + url_suffix
                     if self.scope is not None: