diff --git a/src/app/api/validation/route.ts b/src/app/api/validation/route.ts
index ddf3d1cc..226de637 100644
--- a/src/app/api/validation/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/validation/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
   const auth = req.headers.get("Authorization");
   const token = auth?.split(" ")[1];
 
+  console.log("Token received in API Validation:", token , `<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<`);
+  console.log("Authorization header:", auth, `<--------`);
+
   if (!token) return NextResponse.json({ success: false }, { status: 401 });
 
   return NextResponse.json({ success: true });
diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index d8f45479..e2cf8f2e 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export const middleware = async (req: NextRequest) => {
     try {
       // const validationResponse = await fetchValidation("/api/validation");
       // console.log("Validation Response:", validationResponse);
-      console.log("TOKEN >>", token);
+      // console.log("TOKEN >>", token);
       const validationResponse = await fetch(
         `${new URL(req.url).origin}/api/validation`,
         {
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ export const middleware = async (req: NextRequest) => {
         }
       );
 
+      const validationResponseJson = await validationResponse.json();
+      console.log("Validation Response JSON:", validationResponseJson);
+
+      if (validationResponseJson.success === false) {
+        return setCorsHeaders(unauthorizedResponseDataUserNotFound(req));
+      }
+
       if (!validationResponse.ok) {
         return setCorsHeaders(unauthorizedResponseAPI());
       }