diff --git a/playbeat/package-lock.json b/playbeat/package-lock.json
index bc92a84..6f8cf31 100644
--- a/playbeat/package-lock.json
+++ b/playbeat/package-lock.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "axios": "^1.6.8",
         "clsx": "^2.1.0",
         "framer-motion": "^11.0.5",
-        "jose": "^5.2.3",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
         "svelte": "^4.2.12",
@@ -6922,14 +6921,6 @@
         "jiti": "bin/jiti.js"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/jose": {
-      "version": "5.2.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jose/-/jose-5.2.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-KUXdbctm1uHVL8BYhnyHkgp3zDX5KW8ZhAKVFEfUbU2P8Alpzjb+48hHvjOdQIyPshoblhzsuqOwEEAbtHVirA==",
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/panva"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/js-tokens": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-4.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/playbeat/package.json b/playbeat/package.json
index 3736b1c..c8b04cd 100644
--- a/playbeat/package.json
+++ b/playbeat/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "axios": "^1.6.8",
     "clsx": "^2.1.0",
     "framer-motion": "^11.0.5",
-    "jose": "^5.2.3",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "svelte": "^4.2.12",
diff --git a/playbeat/src/middleware.ts b/playbeat/src/middleware.ts
index 3af77b6..f0a315b 100644
--- a/playbeat/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/playbeat/src/middleware.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,11 @@
-import { errors, jwtVerify } from "jose";
+
 import { defineMiddleware } from "astro/middleware";
 import { TOKEN, PUBLIC_ROUTES } from "./constants";
 
 // The JWT secret 
-const secret = new TextEncoder().encode(import.meta.env.JWT_SECRET_KEY);
+// const secret = new TextEncoder().encode(import.meta.env.JWT_SECRET_KEY);
 
-/**
-* Verify if the client token is valid. 
-*/
-const verifyAuth = async (token?: string) => {
-  if (!token) {
-    return {
-      status: "unauthorized",
-      msg: "Please pass a request token",
-    } as const;
-  }
 
-  try {
-    const jwtVerifyResult = await jwtVerify(token, secret);
-
-    return {
-      status: "authorized",
-      payload: jwtVerifyResult.payload,
-      msg: "successfully verified auth token",
-    } as const;
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof errors.JOSEError) {
-      return { status: "error", msg: err.message } as const;
-    }
-    return { status: "error", msg: "could not validate auth token" } as const;
-  }
-};
 
 export const onRequest = defineMiddleware(async (context, next) => {
   // Ignore auth validation for public routes
@@ -49,30 +24,5 @@ export const onRequest = defineMiddleware(async (context, next) => {
   }else {
     return Response.redirect(new URL("/", context.url));
   }
-  // const validationResult = await verifyAuth(token);
-
-
-
-  // Handle the validation result 
-  // switch (validationResult.status) {
-  //   case "authorized":
-  //     // Respond as usual if the user is authorised 
-  //     return next();
-
-  //   case "error":
-  //   case "unauthorized":
-  //     // If an API endpoint, return a JSON response
-  //     if (context.url.pathname.startsWith("/api/")) {
-  //       return new Response(JSON.stringify({ message: validationResult.msg }), {
-  //         status: 401,
-  //       });
-  //     }
-  //     // Otherwise, this is a standard page. Redirect to the root page for the user to login
-  //     else {
-  //       return Response.redirect(new URL("/", context.url));
-  //     }
-
-  //   default:
-  //     return Response.redirect(new URL("/", context.url));
-  // }
+  
 });
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