diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ce44eb..08437b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@ module github.com/chrisDeFouRire/subauth
 
 go 1.21.3
 
-require (
-	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.10
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0
-)
+require github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 436da69..f03692b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.10 h1:rLz5avzKpjqxrYwXNfmjkrYYXOyLJd37pz53UFHC6vk=
-github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.10/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0 h1:d/ix8ftRUorsN+5eMIlF4T6J8CAt9rch3My2winC1Jw=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0/go.mod h1:pqrtFR0X4osieyHYxtmOUWsAWrfe1Q5UVIyoH402zdk=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8be13b7..eef35cd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5"
 )
 
@@ -72,9 +71,9 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	r := chi.NewRouter()
 
-	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// no matter what the Method or URL is, we always check the Authorization header
+	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		authorization := r.Header.Get("Authorization")
 		token, err := parseBearerToken(authorization)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -94,9 +93,9 @@ func main() {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 	})
 
-	err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", r)
+	log.Println("Server started")
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	log.Println("Server started")
 }