Admin approval interfering with other plugins

So far this seems like a great plugin.

I’ve encountered an issue with admin approval for users before they can login.
I used the setting to store it in usermetadata.
It works like is intended.

We use a special login URL for security purposes for users with elevated privileges.
I know they can also login using profile builder login.
However we have another layer of security if they come via a different route.

The fact that they can login via the PB login is NOT the issue.

The problem is our custom login route seems to think all users need to be approved by admin plus it doesn’t know how to check who has been approved, so blocks all logins. ie. our custom login no longer works.
That forces all logins to use the PB route so missing this layer of security (which I don’t want to describe on public forum).

Any idea how to allow a different (hidden) login url to ignore the admin approval issue?
Many thx.