diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/requireAuth.ts b/backend/src/middleware/requireAuth.ts
index f9054b838..9ada0628b 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/requireAuth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/requireAuth.ts
@@ -45,58 +45,54 @@ const requireAuth = ({
 
 		// validate auth token against accepted auth modes [acceptedAuthModes]
 		// and return token type [authTokenType] and value [authTokenValue]
-		try {
-			const { authMode, authTokenValue } = validateAuthMode({
-				headers: req.headers,
-				acceptedAuthModes
-			});
+		const { authMode, authTokenValue } = validateAuthMode({
+			headers: req.headers,
+			acceptedAuthModes
+		});
 
-			let authPayload: IUser | IServiceAccount | IServiceTokenData;
-			switch (authMode) {
-				case AUTH_MODE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT:
-					authPayload = await getAuthSAAKPayload({
-						authTokenValue
-					});
-					req.serviceAccount = authPayload;
-					break;
-				case AUTH_MODE_SERVICE_TOKEN:
-					authPayload = await getAuthSTDPayload({
-						authTokenValue
-					});
-					req.serviceTokenData = authPayload;
-					break;
-				case AUTH_MODE_API_KEY:
-					authPayload = await getAuthAPIKeyPayload({
-						authTokenValue
-					});
-					req.user = authPayload;
-					break;
-				default:
-					authPayload = await getAuthUserPayload({
-						authTokenValue
-					});
-					req.user = authPayload;
-					break;
-			}
-
-			req.requestData = {
-				...req.params,
-				...req.query,
-				...req.body,
-			}
-
-			req.authData = {
-				authMode,
-				authPayload, // User, ServiceAccount, ServiceTokenData
-				authChannel: getChannelFromUserAgent(req.headers['user-agent']),
-				authIP: req.ip,
-				authUserAgent: req.headers['user-agent'] ?? 'other'
-			}
-
-			return next();
-		} catch (err) {
-			return next(err);
+		let authPayload: IUser | IServiceAccount | IServiceTokenData;
+		switch (authMode) {
+			case AUTH_MODE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT:
+				authPayload = await getAuthSAAKPayload({
+					authTokenValue
+				});
+				req.serviceAccount = authPayload;
+				break;
+			case AUTH_MODE_SERVICE_TOKEN:
+				authPayload = await getAuthSTDPayload({
+					authTokenValue
+				});
+				req.serviceTokenData = authPayload;
+				break;
+			case AUTH_MODE_API_KEY:
+				authPayload = await getAuthAPIKeyPayload({
+					authTokenValue
+				});
+				req.user = authPayload;
+				break;
+			default:
+				authPayload = await getAuthUserPayload({
+					authTokenValue
+				});
+				req.user = authPayload;
+				break;
 		}
+
+		req.requestData = {
+			...req.params,
+			...req.query,
+			...req.body,
+		}
+
+		req.authData = {
+			authMode,
+			authPayload, // User, ServiceAccount, ServiceTokenData
+			authChannel: getChannelFromUserAgent(req.headers['user-agent']),
+			authIP: req.ip,
+			authUserAgent: req.headers['user-agent'] ?? 'other'
+		}
+
+		return next();
 	}
 }