diff --git a/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/README.md b/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/README.md
index e0f948ffb29b..bf2b37c13b02 100644
--- a/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/README.md
+++ b/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NOTE: This README needs to be updated when the Supabase Web Auth will create a c
 import type { TagDescriptor } from '@redwoodjs/web'
 
 import App from './App'
-import  createSupabaseAuthMiddleware from '@redwoodjs/auth-supabase-middleware'
+import  initSupabaseMiddleware from '@redwoodjs/auth-supabase-middleware'
 import { Document } from './Document'
 
 import { getCurrentUser } from '$api/src/lib/auth'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 export const registerMiddleware = () => {
-  const supabaseAuthMiddleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware({
+  const supabaseAuthMiddleware = initSupabaseMiddleware({
     // Optional. If not set, Supabase will use its own `currentUser` function
     // instead of your app's
     getCurrentUser,
diff --git a/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/__tests__/createSupabaseAuthMiddleware.test.ts b/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/__tests__/createSupabaseAuthMiddleware.test.ts
index 4456e60c2544..1d74c2da47c0 100644
--- a/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/__tests__/createSupabaseAuthMiddleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/__tests__/createSupabaseAuthMiddleware.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   MiddlewareResponse,
 } from '@redwoodjs/vite/middleware'
 
-import createSupabaseAuthMiddleware from '../index'
+import initSupabaseAuthMiddleware from '../index'
 import type { SupabaseAuthMiddlewareOptions } from '../index'
 const FIXTURE_PATH = path.resolve(
   __dirname,
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ vi.mock('jsonwebtoken', () => {
   }
 })
 
-// })
-
 vi.mock('@redwoodjs/auth-supabase-api', () => {
   return {
     authDecoder: vi.fn(() => {
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ const options: SupabaseAuthMiddlewareOptions = {
 
 describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
   it('creates middleware for Supabase SSR auth', async () => {
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911', {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers(),
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
   })
 
   it('passes through non-authenticated requests', async () => {
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911', {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers(),
@@ -104,13 +102,13 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
 
     const result = await middleware(req, res)
     expect(result).toEqual(res)
-    expect(result.body).toEqual('original response body')
+    expect(result?.body).toEqual('original response body')
 
     const serverAuthState = req.serverAuthState.get()
     expect(serverAuthState).toEqual(middlewareDefaultAuthProviderState)
   })
   it('passes through when no auth-provider cookie', async () => {
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911', {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers({
@@ -124,14 +122,14 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
 
     const result = await middleware(req, res)
     expect(result).toEqual(res)
-    expect(result.body).toEqual('original response body when no auth provider')
+    expect(result?.body).toEqual('original response body when no auth provider')
 
     const serverAuthState = req.serverAuthState.get()
     expect(serverAuthState).toEqual(middlewareDefaultAuthProviderState)
   })
 
   it('passes through when unsupported auth-provider', async () => {
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911', {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers({ cookie: 'auth-provider=unsupported' }),
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
 
     const result = await middleware(req, res)
     expect(result).toEqual(res)
-    expect(result.body).toEqual(
+    expect(result?.body).toEqual(
       'original response body for unsupported provider',
     )
     const serverAuthState = req.serverAuthState.get()
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
   })
 
   it('handles current user GETs', async () => {
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
     const request = new Request(
       'http://localhost:8911/middleware/supabase/currentUser',
       {
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
     const res = new MiddlewareResponse()
 
     const result = await middleware(req, res)
-    expect(result.body).toEqual(
+    expect(result?.body).toEqual(
       JSON.stringify({
         currentUser: { id: 1, email: 'user-1@example.com' },
       }),
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
   })
 
   it('authenticated request sets currentUser', async () => {
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(options)
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911/authenticated-request', {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers({
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
       },
     }
 
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(optionsWithUserMetadata)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(optionsWithUserMetadata)
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911/authenticated-request', {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: new Headers({
@@ -240,6 +238,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
   })
 
   it('an exception when getting the currentUser clears out serverAuthState and cookies', async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
     const optionsWithUserMetadata: SupabaseAuthMiddlewareOptions = {
       getCurrentUser: async () => {
         // this simulates a decoding error or some other issue like tampering with the cookie so the Supabase session is invalid
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
       },
     }
 
-    const middleware = createSupabaseAuthMiddleware(optionsWithUserMetadata)
+    const [middleware] = initSupabaseAuthMiddleware(optionsWithUserMetadata)
 
     // the default cookie name will always be sb-<project_ref>-auth-token (e.g. sb-example-auth-token )
     const request = new Request('http://localhost:8911/authenticated-request', {
@@ -292,5 +291,7 @@ describe('createSupabaseAuthMiddleware()', () => {
       'expires',
       new Date(0),
     )
+
+    vi.resetAllMocks()
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/index.ts b/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/index.ts
index 05bc259450c8..e5e477fa7d18 100644
--- a/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/auth-providers/supabase/middleware/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { AUTH_PROVIDER_HEADER } from '@redwoodjs/api'
 import { authDecoder } from '@redwoodjs/auth-supabase-api'
 import type { GetCurrentUser } from '@redwoodjs/graphql-server'
 import type {
+  Middleware,
   MiddlewareRequest,
   MiddlewareResponse,
 } from '@redwoodjs/vite/middleware'
@@ -15,10 +16,13 @@ export interface SupabaseAuthMiddlewareOptions {
 /**
  * Create Supabase Auth Middleware that sets the `serverAuthState` based on the Supabase cookie.
  */
-const createSupabaseAuthMiddleware = ({
+const initSupabaseAuthMiddleware = ({
   getCurrentUser,
-}: SupabaseAuthMiddlewareOptions) => {
-  return async (req: MiddlewareRequest, res: MiddlewareResponse) => {
+}: SupabaseAuthMiddlewareOptions): [Middleware, '*'] => {
+  const middleware = async (
+    req: MiddlewareRequest,
+    res: MiddlewareResponse,
+  ) => {
     const type = 'supabase'
     const cookieHeader = req.headers.get('cookie')
 
@@ -77,5 +81,7 @@ const createSupabaseAuthMiddleware = ({
 
     return res
   }
+
+  return [middleware, '*']
 }
-export default createSupabaseAuthMiddleware
+export default initSupabaseAuthMiddleware