diff --git a/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.cs b/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.cs
index 2ee476f6d..525cf6ade 100644
--- a/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.cs
+++ b/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ namespace Spacebar.AdminApi.Middleware;
 
 public class AuthenticationMiddleware(
     ILogger<AuthenticationMiddleware> logger,
-    SpacebarAspNetAuthenticationService authService,
     SpacebarAuthenticationConfiguration config,
     RequestDelegate next) {
     public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context, IServiceProvider sp) {
@@ -16,6 +15,9 @@ public class AuthenticationMiddleware(
             return;
         }
 
+        await using var spScope = sp.CreateAsyncScope();
+        var authService = spScope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<SpacebarAspNetAuthenticationService>();
+
         TokenValidationResult? res = null;
         try {
             await authService.ValidateTokenAsync(context.Request);
diff --git a/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Program.cs b/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Program.cs
index 3b3a9ef1d..f4c0379d5 100644
--- a/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Program.cs
+++ b/extra/admin-api/Spacebar.AdminApi/Program.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ builder.Services.AddDbContextPool<SpacebarDbContext>(options => {
         .UseNpgsql(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("Spacebar"))
         .EnableDetailedErrors();
 });
-builder.Services.AddScoped<SpacebarAuthenticationConfiguration>();
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<SpacebarAuthenticationConfiguration>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<SpacebarAuthenticationService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<SpacebarAspNetAuthenticationService>();
 // builder.Services.AddSingleton<RabbitMQConfiguration>();