diff --git a/functions/_middleware.ts b/functions/_middleware.ts
index d0b88c1..9639826 100644
--- a/functions/_middleware.ts
+++ b/functions/_middleware.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { jsonError } from "./common.js";
+
 async function constructHTML(context: RequestContext) {
   const { pathname } = new URL(context.request.url);
 
@@ -26,6 +28,56 @@ async function generateTokenHash(token: string) {
 
 async function setAuth(context: RequestContext) {
   const cookies = context.request.headers.get("cookie");
+  const auth = context.request.headers.get("authorization");
+
+  if (auth) {
+    const jwtSegments = auth.replace("Bearer ", "").split(".");
+
+    if (jwtSegments.length !== 3) return jsonError("Malformed token", 401);
+
+    const { alg } = JSON.parse(atob(jwtSegments[0]));
+
+    if (alg !== "HS256") return jsonError("Invalid token", 400);
+
+    const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
+      "raw",
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      Uint8Array.from(
+        atob(
+          context.env.JWT_SIGNING_KEY.replaceAll("-", "+").replaceAll("_", "/"),
+        ),
+        (m) => m.codePointAt(0),
+      ),
+      { hash: "SHA-256", name: "HMAC" },
+      false,
+      ["verify"],
+    );
+
+    if (
+      !(await crypto.subtle.verify(
+        "HMAC",
+        key,
+        // @ts-expect-error
+        Uint8Array.from(
+          atob(jwtSegments[2].replaceAll("-", "+").replaceAll("_", "/")),
+          (m) => m.codePointAt(0),
+        ),
+        new TextEncoder().encode(`${jwtSegments[0]}.${jwtSegments[1]}`),
+      ))
+    )
+      return jsonError("Token could not be verified", 401);
+
+    const { jti: sessionToken }: { jti: string } = JSON.parse(jwtSegments[1]);
+
+    const linkedSessionData = await context.env.DATA.get(
+      `auth_${await generateTokenHash(sessionToken)}`,
+    );
+
+    if (linkedSessionData) {
+      context.data.current_user = JSON.parse(linkedSessionData);
+      return await context.next();
+    } else return jsonError("Session is invalid or expired", 401);
+  }
 
   if (!cookies) return await context.next();
 
@@ -138,5 +190,5 @@ export const onRequest = [
   setTheme,
   constructHTML,
   setBody,
-  setHeaders,
+  setHeaders
 ];