diff --git a/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/main.py b/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/main.py
index 39d6ca799..4a262408c 100644
--- a/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/main.py
+++ b/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/main.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 )
 
 if api_settings.jwt_secret:
-    app.add_middleware(JWTAuthenticationMiddleware, secret=api_settings.jwt_secret)
+    app.add_middleware(JWTAuthenticationMiddleware, secret=api_settings.jwt_secret, user_key="id")
 
 if api_settings.debug:
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/settings.py b/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/settings.py
index 617612b26..8c3273594 100644
--- a/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/settings.py
+++ b/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Titiler API settings."""
-
+import os
 from pydantic import field_validator
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ApiSettings(BaseSettings):
 
     lower_case_query_parameters: bool = False
     fake_https: bool = False
-    jwt_secret: str = ""
+    jwt_secret: str = os.getenv("OVISION_TOKEN", "")
 
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_prefix="TITILER_API_", env_file=".env")
 
diff --git a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/middleware.py b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/middleware.py
index 09106fa0a..d8549ef9f 100644
--- a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/middleware.py
+++ b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/middleware.py
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ async def send_wrapper(message: Message):
                 except:
                     user = None
                 if user:
-                    log['user'] = user
-                log['status'] = message["status"]
+                    log["user"] = user
+                log["status"] = message["status"]
 
                 if self.headers:
-                    log['res.headers'] = message["headers"]
+                    log["res.headers"] = message["headers"]
 
                 self.logger.debug(log)
             await send(message)
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ async def send_wrapper(message: Message):
         await self.app(scope, receive, send_wrapper)
 
 
-
 class LowerCaseQueryStringMiddleware:
     """Middleware to make URL parameters case-insensitive.
     taken from: https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/826
@@ -212,9 +211,11 @@ async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send):
 
 
 class JWTAuthenticationMiddleware:
-    """Middleware to authentication with jwt"""
+    """Middleware for authentication with jwt"""
 
-    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, secret: str, user_key="user", algorithms: List[str]=None) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self, app: ASGIApp, secret: str, user_key="user", algorithms: List[str] = None
+    ) -> None:
         """Init Middleware.
 
         Args:
@@ -224,8 +225,9 @@ def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, secret: str, user_key="user", algorithms: List[
             algorithms (List[str]): algorithms for decode jwt. default ["HS512"]
         """
         if algorithms is None:
-            algorithms = ["HS512"]
+            algorithms = ["HS256"]
         from fastapi.security import HTTPBearer
+
         self.app = app
         self.secret = secret
         self.http_bearer = HTTPBearer(bearerFormat="jwt", auto_error=False)
@@ -233,26 +235,32 @@ def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, secret: str, user_key="user", algorithms: List[
         self.user_key = user_key
 
     async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send):
-        async def response401(message: str="Not authenticated"):
-            response = JSONResponse(content={"detail": message},
-                                    status_code=starlette.status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED)
+        async def response401(message: str = "Not authenticated"):
+            response = JSONResponse(
+                content={"detail": message},
+                status_code=starlette.status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            )
             await response(scope, receive, send)
+
         """Handle call."""
         if scope["type"] == "http":
             request = Request(scope)
-            credentials = await self.http_bearer(request)
-            if not credentials:
+
+            access_token = request.query_params.get("access_token")
+            if not access_token:
                 await response401("access token is required")
                 return
             try:
-                payload = jwt.decode(credentials.credentials, self.secret, algorithms=self.algorithms)
+                payload = jwt.decode(
+                    access_token, self.secret, algorithms=self.algorithms
+                )
             except jwt.DecodeError as e:
                 await response401("unsupported token")
             except jwt.InvalidTokenError as e:
                 await response401("invalid token")
                 return
             user = payload[self.user_key]
-            scope['auth'] = credentials.credentials
-            scope['user'] = user
+            scope["auth"] = access_token
+            scope["user"] = user
 
         await self.app(scope, receive, send)