diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 58920ea..d8a8227 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible
 	github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
-	github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc8
+	github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc9
 	github.com/rarimo/xo v1.0.6-0.20231005111658-6ba1ce8f056a
 	github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.5.2
 	gitlab.com/distributed_lab/ape v1.7.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 243cae3..dfbafbd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc7 h1:+ibnWRdc+fi27JrR3vOPLIXgOdePb29K
 github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc7/go.mod h1:48c8FsJixnLeWx8F8MDy79FvhU1r0oTU11mwP3JPngQ=
 github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc8 h1:MBx51/ynR8BaRz5HvcbatYe4hnB2ZDVwM7cmGEepg+Y=
 github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc8/go.mod h1:48c8FsJixnLeWx8F8MDy79FvhU1r0oTU11mwP3JPngQ=
+github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc9 h1:JZfq1q3WaaLwa8ICk8RHEx4+ojl/JBE8N5zJ/uHZUwM=
+github.com/rarimo/rarime-auth-svc v0.0.1-rc9/go.mod h1:48c8FsJixnLeWx8F8MDy79FvhU1r0oTU11mwP3JPngQ=
 github.com/rarimo/xo v1.0.6-0.20231005111658-6ba1ce8f056a h1:aqz/1mU+rK/xLqf2/NHu+0fUGbVNf+9DYFI70fQo0M0=
 github.com/rarimo/xo v1.0.6-0.20231005111658-6ba1ce8f056a/go.mod h1:EYFR6RRqIlnpjcl/SgPgYn8Bmw4+5itRRbPCiSylCds=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
diff --git a/internal/services/api/handlers/middleware.go b/internal/services/api/handlers/middleware.go
index cc741f6..c0bfab0 100644
--- a/internal/services/api/handlers/middleware.go
+++ b/internal/services/api/handlers/middleware.go
@@ -12,20 +12,14 @@ import (
 func AuthMiddleware(auth *auth.Client, log *logan.Entry) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			claims, status, err := auth.ValidateJWT(r.Header)
+			claims, err := auth.ValidateJWT(r.Header)
 			if err != nil {
-				if status == http.StatusUnauthorized {
-					ape.Render(w, problems.Unauthorized())
-					return
-				}
-
 				log.WithError(err).Error("failed to execute auth validate request")
 				ape.Render(w, problems.InternalError())
 				return
 			}
 
-			ctx := CtxUserClaim(claims)(r.Context())
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(CtxUserClaim(claims)(r.Context())))
 		})
 	}
 }