diff --git a/app/security.py b/app/security.py
index 78fa4a3..62cdafe 100644
--- a/app/security.py
+++ b/app/security.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Annotated
 
-from fastapi import  HTTPException, Cookie, status
+from fastapi import  HTTPException, Cookie, status, Request
 from fastapi.security import SecurityScopes
 from jose import JWTError, jwt
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import os
 # to get a string like this run:
 # openssl rand -hex 32
 
-ALGORITHM = "HS512"
-SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
-
 scopes_db = {
     os.environ['ADMIN_EMAIL'] : ["admin"]
 }
@@ -23,18 +20,17 @@ credentials_exception = HTTPException(
             )
 
 async def get_current_user(
-    security_scopes: SecurityScopes, access_token: Annotated[str, Cookie()] = ""
-):
+    security_scopes: SecurityScopes, request: Request
+    ):
     try:
-        payload = jwt.decode(access_token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
-        username: str = payload.get("sub")  # type: ignore
+        username: str = request.headers.get("x-auth-request-user")  # type: ignore
         if username is None:
             raise credentials_exception
-        email: str = payload.get("email")  # type: ignore
+        email: str = request.headers.get("x-auth-request-email")  # type: ignore
     except (JWTError, ValidationError):
         raise credentials_exception
     scopes = scopes_db.get(email)
     for scope in security_scopes.scopes:
         if scope not in scopes:
             raise credentials_exception
-    return payload | {"internal_scopes" : scopes}
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+    return {"sub" : username, "email" : email, "internal_scopes" : scopes}
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