diff --git a/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/card.blade.php b/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/card.blade.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index d7c1741..4bbc018
--- a/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/card.blade.php
+++ b/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/card.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
     <head>
-        @include('partials.head')
+        @include('partials.head', ['loadModuleAssets' => false, 'loadLayoutAssets' => false])
     </head>
     <body class="min-h-screen bg-neutral-100 antialiased dark:bg-linear-to-b dark:from-neutral-950 dark:to-neutral-900">
         <div class="bg-muted flex min-h-svh flex-col items-center justify-center gap-6 p-6 md:p-10">
diff --git a/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/simple.blade.php b/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/simple.blade.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 1c6ae02..2dbb914
--- a/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/simple.blade.php
+++ b/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/simple.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
     <head>
-        @include('partials.head')
+        @include('partials.head', ['loadModuleAssets' => false, 'loadLayoutAssets' => false])
     </head>
     <body class="hd-auth-surface min-h-screen bg-white antialiased dark:bg-linear-to-b dark:from-neutral-950 dark:to-neutral-900">
         <div class="bg-background flex min-h-svh flex-col items-center justify-center gap-6 p-6 md:p-10">
diff --git a/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/split.blade.php b/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/split.blade.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f8dcce9..0cfd6a5
--- a/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/split.blade.php
+++ b/resources/themes/backend/views/layouts/auth/split.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
     <head>
-        @include('partials.head')
+        @include('partials.head', ['loadModuleAssets' => false, 'loadLayoutAssets' => false])
     </head>
     <body class="min-h-screen bg-white antialiased dark:bg-linear-to-b dark:from-neutral-950 dark:to-neutral-900">
         <div class="relative grid h-dvh flex-col items-center justify-center px-8 sm:px-0 lg:max-w-none lg:grid-cols-2 lg:px-0">
diff --git a/resources/themes/backend/views/partials/head.blade.php b/resources/themes/backend/views/partials/head.blade.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 6b9330a..2a8b8de
--- a/resources/themes/backend/views/partials/head.blade.php
+++ b/resources/themes/backend/views/partials/head.blade.php
@@ -11,35 +11,43 @@
 <title>{{ filled($title ?? null) ? $title.' - '.config('app.name', 'Laravel') : config('app.name', 'Laravel') }}</title>
 @fonts
 @php
+    // Guest/authentication pages only need the shared theme stylesheet. Loading
+    // every enabled module here made /login download each module's CSS/JS even
+    // though none of those assets are used on the authentication screen.
+    $loadModuleAssets = $loadModuleAssets ?? auth()->check();
+    $loadLayoutAssets = $loadLayoutAssets ?? auth()->check();
+
     $backendCssEntry = is_file(resource_path('themes/backend/assets/css/app.css'))
         ? 'resources/themes/backend/assets/css/app.css'
         : 'resources/themes/backend/assets/css/helpdesk.css';
 
-    $viteAssets = [
-        $backendCssEntry,
-        'resources/themes/backend/assets/js/passkeys.js',
-        'resources/themes/backend/assets/js/layout.js',
-    ];
+    $viteAssets = [$backendCssEntry];
 
-    $moduleStatuses = [];
-    $moduleStatusFile = base_path('modules_statuses.json');
-
-    if (is_file($moduleStatusFile)) {
-        $moduleStatuses = json_decode((string) file_get_contents($moduleStatusFile), true) ?: [];
+    if ($loadLayoutAssets) {
+        $viteAssets[] = 'resources/themes/backend/assets/js/layout.js';
     }
 
-    foreach (glob(base_path('Modules/*'), GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: [] as $moduleDirectory) {
-        $moduleName = basename($moduleDirectory);
+    if ($loadModuleAssets) {
+        $moduleStatuses = [];
+        $moduleStatusFile = base_path('modules_statuses.json');
 
-        if (array_key_exists($moduleName, $moduleStatuses) && ! $moduleStatuses[$moduleName]) {
-            continue;
+        if (is_file($moduleStatusFile)) {
+            $moduleStatuses = json_decode((string) file_get_contents($moduleStatusFile), true) ?: [];
         }
 
-        foreach (['Resources/assets/css/app.css', 'Resources/assets/js/app.js'] as $entry) {
-            $absoluteEntry = $moduleDirectory.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $entry);
+        foreach (glob(base_path('Modules/*'), GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: [] as $moduleDirectory) {
+            $moduleName = basename($moduleDirectory);
 
-            if (is_file($absoluteEntry)) {
-                $viteAssets[] = str_replace('\\', '/', substr($absoluteEntry, strlen(base_path()) + 1));
+            if (array_key_exists($moduleName, $moduleStatuses) && ! $moduleStatuses[$moduleName]) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            foreach (['Resources/assets/css/app.css', 'Resources/assets/js/app.js'] as $entry) {
+                $absoluteEntry = $moduleDirectory.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $entry);
+
+                if (is_file($absoluteEntry)) {
+                    $viteAssets[] = str_replace('\\', '/', substr($absoluteEntry, strlen(base_path()) + 1));
+                }
             }
         }
     }