diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0c4b5ee..2283d84 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from sentry_sdk.integrations.strawberry import StrawberryIntegration
 from strawberry.asgi import GraphQL
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 
-from services.auth import TokenMiddleware
 from services.rediscache import redis
 from resolvers.listener import reactions_worker
 from resolvers.schema import schema
@@ -50,5 +49,4 @@ async def shutdown():
 
 
 app = Starlette(debug=True, on_startup=[start_up], on_shutdown=[shutdown])
-app.add_middleware(TokenMiddleware)
 app.mount("/", GraphQL(schema, debug=True))
diff --git a/resolvers/schema.py b/resolvers/schema.py
index ea6aa6f..669c6ac 100644
--- a/resolvers/schema.py
+++ b/resolvers/schema.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from orm.author import Author
 from orm.notification import Notification as NotificationMessage, NotificationSeen
 from services.auth import check_auth
-from aiohttp.web import HTTPUnauthorized
 from services.db import local_session
 import strawberry
 from strawberry_sqlalchemy_mapper import StrawberrySQLAlchemyMapper
@@ -141,16 +140,14 @@ class LoginRequiredMiddleware(Extension):
         context = self.execution_context.context
         req = context.get("request")
         is_authenticated, user_id = await check_auth(req)
-        if not is_authenticated:
-            raise HTTPUnauthorized(text="Please, login first")
-        else:
+        if is_authenticated:
             with local_session() as session:
                 author = session.query(Author).filter(Author.user == user_id).first()
                 if author:
                     context["author_id"] = author.id
                 if user_id:
                     context["user_id"] = user_id
-        context["user_id"] = user_id
+        context["user_id"] = user_id or None
 
 
 schema = strawberry.Schema(
diff --git a/services/auth.py b/services/auth.py
index 67bd246..010287f 100644
--- a/services/auth.py
+++ b/services/auth.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-from functools import wraps
 import aiohttp
 from aiohttp.web import HTTPUnauthorized
-
-from orm.author import Author
-from services.db import local_session
 from settings import AUTH_URL
 
 
@@ -62,27 +58,6 @@ async def check_auth(req) -> (bool, int | None):
         except Exception as e:
             # Handling and logging exceptions during authentication check
             print(f"[services.auth] {e}")
+            raise HTTPUnauthorized(message="Please, login first")
 
     return False, None
-
-
-def login_required(f):
-    @wraps(f)
-    async def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
-        info = args[1]
-        context = info.context
-        req = context.get("request")
-        is_authenticated, user_id = await check_auth(req)
-        if not is_authenticated:
-            raise HTTPUnauthorized(text="Please, login first")
-        else:
-            with local_session() as session:
-                author = session.query(Author).filter(Author.user == user_id).first()
-                if author:
-                    context["author_id"] = author.id
-                if user_id:
-                    context["user_id"] = user_id
-
-        return await f(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    return decorated_function