diff --git a/server/src/GetRequestUser.ts b/server/src/GetRequestUser.ts
index 8f0c34c8..9823711f 100644
--- a/server/src/GetRequestUser.ts
+++ b/server/src/GetRequestUser.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { ExecutionContext, createParamDecorator } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  ExecutionContext,
+  HttpException,
+  HttpStatus,
+  createParamDecorator,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
 
 import { UserDocument } from './user/entity/user.entity';
 
@@ -10,3 +15,18 @@ export const GetRequestToken = createParamDecorator(
     return user;
   },
 );
+
+export const validateUser = (user: UserDocument | null) => {
+  if (!user) {
+    throw new HttpException(
+      {
+        error: {
+          user: 'User not found',
+        },
+      },
+      HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return user;
+};
diff --git a/server/src/song/my-songs/my-songs.controller.ts b/server/src/song/my-songs/my-songs.controller.ts
index 5b0783a8..666d85e3 100644
--- a/server/src/song/my-songs/my-songs.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/song/my-songs/my-songs.controller.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ApiBearerAuth, ApiOperation } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { PageQueryDTO } from '@shared/validation/common/dto/PageQuery.dto';
 import { SongPageDto } from '@shared/validation/song/dto/SongPageDto';
 
-import { GetRequestToken } from '@server/GetRequestUser';
+import { GetRequestToken, validateUser } from '@server/GetRequestUser';
 import { UserDocument } from '@server/user/entity/user.entity';
 
 import { SongService } from '../song.service';
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class MySongsController {
     @Query() query: PageQueryDTO,
     @GetRequestToken() user: UserDocument | null,
   ): Promise<SongPageDto> {
+    user = validateUser(user);
     return await this.songService.getMySongsPage({
       query,
       user,
diff --git a/server/src/song/song.controller.ts b/server/src/song/song.controller.ts
index 09ae64a8..d310c2f9 100644
--- a/server/src/song/song.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/song/song.controller.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { UploadSongResponseDto } from '@shared/validation/song/dto/UploadSongRes
 import type { Response } from 'express';
 
 import { FileService } from '@server/file/file.service';
-import { GetRequestToken } from '@server/GetRequestUser';
+import { GetRequestToken, validateUser } from '@server/GetRequestUser';
 import { UserDocument } from '@server/user/entity/user.entity';
 
 import { SongService } from './song.service';
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export class SongController {
     @Param('id') id: string,
     @GetRequestToken() user: UserDocument | null,
   ): Promise<UploadSongDto> {
+    user = validateUser(user);
     return await this.songService.getSongEdit(id, user);
   }
 
@@ -107,9 +108,9 @@ export class SongController {
     @Req() req: RawBodyRequest<Request>,
     @GetRequestToken() user: UserDocument | null,
   ): Promise<UploadSongResponseDto> {
+    user = validateUser(user);
     //TODO: Fix this weird type casting and raw body access
     const body = req.body as unknown as UploadSongDto;
-
     return await this.songService.patchSong(id, body, user);
   }
 
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ export class SongController {
     @Param('id') id: string,
     @GetRequestToken() user: UserDocument | null,
   ): Promise<void> {
+    user = validateUser(user);
     await this.songService.deleteSong(id, user);
   }
 
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ export class SongController {
     @Body() body: UploadSongDto,
     @GetRequestToken() user: UserDocument | null,
   ): Promise<UploadSongResponseDto> {
+    user = validateUser(user);
     return await this.songService.uploadSong({ body, file, user });
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/song/song.service.ts b/server/src/song/song.service.ts
index 8219ed84..e0ca3dfc 100644
--- a/server/src/song/song.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/song/song.service.ts
@@ -40,19 +40,6 @@ export class SongService {
     private songUploadService: SongUploadService,
   ) {}
 
-  private isUserValid(user: UserDocument | null) {
-    if (!user) {
-      throw new HttpException(
-        {
-          error: {
-            user: 'User not found',
-          },
-        },
-        HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
   public async uploadSong({
     file,
     user,
@@ -60,12 +47,8 @@ export class SongService {
   }: {
     body: UploadSongDto;
     file: Express.Multer.File;
-    user: UserDocument | null;
+    user: UserDocument;
   }): Promise<UploadSongResponseDto> {
-    // Is user valid?
-    this.isUserValid(user);
-    user = user as UserDocument;
-
     const song = await this.songUploadService.processUploadedSong({
       file,
       user,
@@ -86,7 +69,7 @@ export class SongService {
 
   public async deleteSong(
     publicId: string,
-    user: UserDocument | null,
+    user: UserDocument,
   ): Promise<UploadSongResponseDto> {
     const foundSong = await this.songModel
       .findOne({ publicId: publicId })
@@ -115,7 +98,7 @@ export class SongService {
   public async patchSong(
     publicId: string,
     body: UploadSongDto,
-    user: UserDocument | null,
+    user: UserDocument,
   ): Promise<UploadSongResponseDto> {
     const foundSong = (await this.songModel
       .findOne({
@@ -339,16 +322,13 @@ export class SongService {
     }
   }
 
-  public async getMySongsPage(arg0: {
+  public async getMySongsPage({
+    query,
+    user,
+  }: {
     query: PageQueryDTO;
-    user: UserDocument | null;
+    user: UserDocument;
   }): Promise<SongPageDto> {
-    const { query, user } = arg0;
-
-    if (!user) {
-      throw new HttpException('User not found', HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED);
-    }
-
     const page = parseInt(query.page?.toString() ?? '1');
     const limit = parseInt(query.limit?.toString() ?? '10');
     const order = query.order ? query.order : false;
@@ -383,7 +363,7 @@ export class SongService {
 
   public async getSongEdit(
     publicId: string,
-    user: UserDocument | null,
+    user: UserDocument,
   ): Promise<UploadSongDto> {
     const foundSong = await this.songModel
       .findOne({ publicId: publicId })
diff --git a/server/src/user/user.controller.ts b/server/src/user/user.controller.ts
index 30fc9a97..2805ce42 100644
--- a/server/src/user/user.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/user/user.controller.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ApiBearerAuth, ApiOperation, ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { PageQueryDTO } from '@shared/validation/common/dto/PageQuery.dto';
 import { GetUser } from '@shared/validation/user/dto/GetUser.dto';
 
-import { GetRequestToken } from '@server/GetRequestUser';
+import { GetRequestToken, validateUser } from '@server/GetRequestUser';
 
 import { UserDocument } from './entity/user.entity';
 import { UserService } from './user.service';
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class UserController {
   @ApiBearerAuth()
   @ApiOperation({ summary: 'Get the token owner data' })
   async getMe(@GetRequestToken() user: UserDocument | null) {
+    user = validateUser(user);
     return await this.userService.getSelfUserData(user);
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/user/user.service.ts b/server/src/user/user.service.ts
index e8912ff1..d9e4e7ed 100644
--- a/server/src/user/user.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/user/user.service.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class UserService {
     return hydratedUser;
   }
 
-  public async getSelfUserData(user: UserDocument | null) {
+  public async getSelfUserData(user: UserDocument) {
     if (!user)
       throw new HttpException('not logged in', HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED);
     const usedData = await this.findByID(user._id.toString());