diff --git a/pkg/connector/loginphone.go b/pkg/connector/loginphone.go
index 72614c5d..5568fc92 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/loginphone.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/loginphone.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (p *PhoneLogin) SubmitUserInput(ctx context.Context, input map[string]strin
 			Logger:               zap.New(zerozap.New(zerolog.Ctx(ctx).With().Str("component", "telegram_phone_login_client").Logger())),
 		})
 
-		p.authClientCtx, p.authClientCancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(log.WithContext(ctx), time.Hour, errors.New("phone login took over one hour"))
+		p.authClientCtx, p.authClientCancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(log.WithContext(context.Background()), time.Hour, errors.New("phone login took over one hour"))
 		initialized := exsync.NewEvent()
 		done := NewFuture[error]()
 		runTelegramClient(p.authClientCtx, p.authClient, initialized, done, func(ctx context.Context) error {
diff --git a/pkg/connector/loginqr.go b/pkg/connector/loginqr.go
index 026fd135..884eb6f8 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/loginqr.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/loginqr.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (q *QRLogin) Start(ctx context.Context) (*bridgev2.LoginStep, error) {
 		Logger:               zaplog,
 	})
 
-	q.authClientCtx, q.authClientCancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(log.WithContext(ctx), time.Hour, errors.New("phone login took over one hour"))
+	q.authClientCtx, q.authClientCancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(log.WithContext(context.Background()), time.Hour, errors.New("phone login took over one hour"))
 
 	initialized := exsync.NewEvent()
 	done := NewFuture[error]()