diff --git a/content b/content
index 44e5f68..022872e 160000
--- a/content
+++ b/content
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 44e5f68fa51837b540608d5fabff2a1d5acf50ca
+Subproject commit 022872e3d5a04ca7fa6843ea9355cfd60fbb4995
diff --git a/src/middleware/authentication.js b/src/middleware/authentication.js
index f47223d..47d8412 100644
--- a/src/middleware/authentication.js
+++ b/src/middleware/authentication.js
@@ -1,59 +1,33 @@
 // middleware/authCheck.js
-const fetch = require("node-fetch"); // if not using global fetch
+const fetch = require("node-fetch");
 const VERIFY_URL = "https://auth.jasonpoage.com/api/verify";
-const CACHE_TTL_MS = 3000;
-
-const sessionCache = new Map();
-
-function cacheKey(req) {
-  return req.headers["cookie"] || req.headers["authorization"] || "";
-}
-
-function isCachedValid(key) {
-  const entry = sessionCache.get(key);
-  if (!entry) return false;
-  return Date.now() - entry.timestamp < CACHE_TTL_MS && entry.status === 200;
-}
-
-async function checkAuthFallback(req) {
-  try {
-    const res = await fetch(VERIFY_URL, {
-      headers: { cookie: req.headers["cookie"] || "" },
-      credentials: "include"
-    });
-
-    const body = await res.text();
-
-    req.log.debug("[AuthCheck] Response status:", res.status);
-    req.log.debug("[AuthCheck] Response headers:", Object.fromEntries(res.headers.entries()));
-    req.log.debug("[AuthCheck] Response body:", body);
-
-    sessionCache.set(cacheKey(req), { timestamp: Date.now(), status: res.status });
-
-    return res.status === 200;
-  } catch (err) {
-    req.log.error("[AuthCheck] Fetch error:", err);
-    return false;
-  }
-}
 
 module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
-  const remoteUser = req.headers["remote-user"];
-  if (remoteUser) {
-    req.isAuthenticated = true;
-    req.log.info("Authenticated: ", remoteUser)
-    return next();
+  const cookie = req.headers["cookie"] || "";
+  const authHeader = req.headers["authorization"] || "";
+
+  try {
+    const resVerify = await fetch(VERIFY_URL, {
+      headers: {
+        cookie,
+        authorization: authHeader,
+      },
+      credentials: "include",
+    });
+
+    // const body = await resVerify.text();
+
+    req.isAuthenticated = resVerify.status === 200;
+
+    // req.log.debug("[AuthCheck] Response status:", resVerify.status);
+    // req.log.debug("[AuthCheck] Response headers:", Object.fromEntries(resVerify.headers.entries()));
+    // req.log.debug("[AuthCheck] Response body:", body);
+
+    req.log.info("Authenticated Result", req.isAuthenticated);
+  } catch (err) {
+    req.isAuthenticated = false;
+    req.log.error("[AuthCheck] Fetch error:", err);
   }
 
-  const key = cacheKey(req);
-  if (isCachedValid(key) !== false ) {
-    req.isAuthenticated = true;
-    req.log.info("Authenticated Key", key)
-    return next();
-  }
-
-  req.isAuthenticated = await checkAuthFallback(req);
-
-  req.log.info("Authenticated Result", req.isAuthenticated)
   next();
 };
diff --git a/src/middleware/baseContext.js b/src/middleware/baseContext.js
index e8cb659..03df026 100644
--- a/src/middleware/baseContext.js
+++ b/src/middleware/baseContext.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 module.exports = async function baseContextMiddleware(req, res, next) {
   const isAuthenticated = req.isAuthenticated;
+  console.log("test remote-user", req.isAuthenticated)
   const baseContext = await getBaseContext(isAuthenticated);
   res.locals.baseContext = baseContext;