diff --git a/backend/middleware.py b/backend/middleware.py
index f74091b..3a932fd 100644
--- a/backend/middleware.py
+++ b/backend/middleware.py
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@
-import typing as t
-
 import ssl
 from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
-from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
 from starlette.requests import Request
-from starlette.responses import JSONResponse, Response
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.types import ASGIApp, Scope, Receive, Send
 
 from backend.constants import DATABASE_URL, DOCS_PASSWORD, MONGO_DATABASE
 
 
-class DatabaseMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
-    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next: t.Callable) -> Response:
+class DatabaseMiddleware:
+
+    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp) -> None:
+        self._app = app
+
+    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
         client: AsyncIOMotorClient = AsyncIOMotorClient(
             DATABASE_URL,
             ssl_cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE
         )
         db = client[MONGO_DATABASE]
-        request.state.db = db
-        response = await call_next(request)
-        return response
+        Request(scope).state.db = db
+        await self._app(scope, receive, send)
 
 
-class ProtectedDocsMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
-    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next: t.Callable) -> Response:
+class ProtectedDocsMiddleware:
+
+    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp) -> None:
+        self._app = app
+
+    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
+        request = Request(scope)
         if DOCS_PASSWORD and request.url.path.startswith("/docs"):
             if request.cookies.get("docs_password") != DOCS_PASSWORD:
-                return JSONResponse({"status": "unauthorized"}, status_code=403)
-
-        resp = await call_next(request)
-        return resp
+                resp = JSONResponse({"status": "unauthorized"}, status_code=403)
+                await resp(scope, receive, send)
+                return
+        await self._app(scope, receive, send)