diff --git a/backend/cmd/kubevoyage/main.go b/backend/cmd/kubevoyage/main.go
index 844930f..0e79dc6 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/kubevoyage/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/kubevoyage/main.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func setupServer(handle *handlers.Handler) http.Handler {
 		handle.HandleAuthenticate(w, r)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/api/request", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		handlers.HandleRequestSite(w, r, db)
+		handle.HandleRequestSite(w, r, db)
 	})
 
 	return handler
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index b9e9a07..b2987fa 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/B-Urb/KubeVoyage
 go 1.21
 
 require (
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.10.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.3.1 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 8fa8c51..5887347 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ3
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:7qlOGliEKZXTDg6OTjfoBKDXWrumCAMpl/TFQ4/5kLM=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.0 h1:ueSltNNllEqE3qcWBTD0iQd3IpL/6U+mJxLkazJ7YPc=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.0/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0 h1:1n1XNM9hk7O9mnQoNBGolZvzebBQ7p93ULHRc28XJUE=
diff --git a/backend/internal/handlers/middleware.go b/backend/internal/handlers/middleware.go
index f884435..0627c6b 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handlers/middleware.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handlers/middleware.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package handlers
 
 import (
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 )
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func handleUnauthenticated(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	http.Redirect(w, r, url.QueryEscape(redirectURL), http.StatusSeeOther)
 }
 
-func authenticate(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
+func (h *Handler) authenticate(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		cookie, err := r.Cookie("auth_token")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func authenticate(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 		claims := &jwt.MapClaims{}
 
 		token, err := jwt.ParseWithClaims(tokenStr, claims, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
-			return jwtKey, nil
+			return h.JWTKey, nil
 		})
 
 		if err != nil || !token.Valid {
diff --git a/backend/internal/handlers/requests.go b/backend/internal/handlers/requests.go
index b3a4a6d..80f43ae 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handlers/requests.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handlers/requests.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ func HandleRequests(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, db *gorm.DB) {
 
 }
 
-func HandleRequestSite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, db *gorm.DB) {
-	userEmail, err := getUserEmailFromToken(r)
+func (h *Handler) HandleRequestSite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, db *gorm.DB) {
+	userEmail, err := h.getUserEmailFromToken(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return