Spring Security: Referer always login page after authentication - spring

Question

I have sprint security setup like this:
http.authorizeRequests()
.antMatchers("/MyAccount").authenticated()
.antMatchers("/additem").authenticated()
.anyRequest().permitAll()
.and()
.formLogin()
.loginPage("/login")
.successHandler(authenticationSuccessHandler)
.and().csrf().disable();
When I start on page Foo and click to /additem (not logged in) it redirects me (302) to /login. When I submit the login form REFERER is set to the login page not FOO or /additem. Thus I'm brought back to the login page albeit logged in. What am I missing?
Here is the code for the auth Handler:
public AuthSuccessHandler() {
super();
log.info("empty constructor called");
setDefaultTargetUrl("/popular-links");
setAlwaysUseDefaultTargetUrl(false);
//setUseReferer(true); <-- causes issues
//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53026801/spring-security-referer-always-login-page-after-authentication
}
#Override
public void onAuthenticationSuccess( HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response, Authentication authentication ){
String email = authentication.getName();
UserDetails userDetails = (UserDetails)authentication.getPrincipal();
log.info("Successful auth : "+email);
String token = tokenProvider.createToken(email, userDetails.getAuthorities());
log.info("Token: "+token);
sessionInfo.setJwtToken(token);
try {
handle(request,response,authentication);
} catch (Exception e){
log.error("An error occured "+e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}