diff --git a/services/auth.py b/services/auth.py
index e001e6d..6618f56 100644
--- a/services/auth.py
+++ b/services/auth.py
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-import aiohttp
-from aiohttp.web import HTTPUnauthorized
+from functools import wraps
+from aiohttp import ClientSession
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
 from strawberry.extensions import Extension
 
-from orm.author import Author
-from services.db import local_session
 from settings import AUTH_URL
+from services.db import local_session
+from orm.author import Author
 
-
-async def check_auth(req):
+async def check_auth(req) -> str | None:
     token = req.headers.get("Authorization")
+    user_id = ""
     if token:
         # Logging the authentication token
         print(f"[services.auth] checking auth token: {token}")
         query_name = "validate_jwt_token"
-        opeation = "ValidateToken"
+        operation = "ValidateToken"
         headers = {
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
         }
@@ -26,57 +27,39 @@ async def check_auth(req):
         }
 
         gql = {
-            "query": f"query {opeation}($params: ValidateJWTTokenInput!) {{ {query_name}(params: $params) {{ is_valid claims }} }}",
+            "query": f"query {operation}($params: ValidateJWTTokenInput!) {{ {query_name}(params: $params) {{ is_valid claims }} }}",
             "variables": variables,
-            "operationName": opeation,
+            "operationName": operation,
         }
-        # print(f"[services.auth] Graphql: {gql}")
         try:
             # Asynchronous HTTP request to the authentication server
-            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with ClientSession() as session:
                 async with session.post(AUTH_URL, json=gql, headers=headers) as response:
-                    # Logging the GraphQL response
-                    response_text = await response.text()
-                    print(f"[services.auth] GraphQL Response: {response_text}")
-
                     if response.status == 200:
-                        # Parsing JSON response
                         data = await response.json()
                         errors = data.get("errors")
                         if errors:
                             print(f"[services.auth] errors: {errors}")
                         else:
                             user_id = data.get("data", {}).get(query_name, {}).get("claims", {}).get("sub")
-
-                            if user_id:
-                                # Logging the retrieved user ID
-                                print(f"[services.auth] User ID retrieved: {user_id}")
-                                return True, user_id
-                            else:
-                                # Logging when no user ID is found in the response
-                                print("[services.auth] No user ID found in the response")
-                    else:
-                        # Logging when the request to the authentication server fails
-                        print(f"[services.auth] Request failed with status: {response.status}")
-
+                            return user_id
         except Exception as e:
             # Handling and logging exceptions during authentication check
             print(f"[services.auth] {e}")
-            raise HTTPUnauthorized(text="Please, login first")
 
-    return False, None
+    if not user_id:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=401,detail="Unauthorized")
 
 
 class LoginRequiredMiddleware(Extension):
     async def on_request_start(self):
         context = self.execution_context.context
         req = context.get("request")
-        is_authenticated, user_id = await check_auth(req)
-        if is_authenticated:
+        user_id = await check_auth(req)
+        if user_id:
+            context["user_id"] = user_id
             with local_session() as session:
                 author = session.query(Author).filter(Author.user == user_id).first()
                 if author:
                     context["author_id"] = author.id
-                if user_id:
-                    context["user_id"] = user_id
         context["user_id"] = user_id or None
diff --git a/services/core.py b/services/core.py
index f3eff20..66cdcc5 100644
--- a/services/core.py
+++ b/services/core.py
@@ -5,34 +5,26 @@ import aiohttp
 from settings import API_BASE
 
 headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+api_base = API_BASE or "https://core.discours.io"
 
 
-async def _request_endpoint(query_name, body):
+async def _request_endpoint(query_name, body) -> Any:
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        try:
-            async with session.post(API_BASE, headers=headers, json=body) as response:
-                print(f"[services.core] {query_name}: [{response.status}] {len(await response.text())} bytes")
-                if response.status != 200:
-                    return []
+        async with session.post(API_BASE, headers=headers, json=body) as response:
+            print(f"[services.core] {query_name} response: <{response.status}> {await response.text()}")
+            if response.status == 200:
                 r = await response.json()
                 if r:
                     return r.get("data", {}).get(query_name, {})
-                else:
-                    raise Exception("json response error")
-        except Exception:
-            import traceback
-
-            traceback.print_exc()
+    return []
 
 
 async def get_followed_shouts(author_id: int):
     query_name = "load_shouts_followed"
-    query_type = "query"
     operation = "GetFollowedShouts"
-    query_fields = "id slug title"
 
-    query = f"""{query_type} {operation}($author_id: Int!, limit: Int, offset: Int) {{
-        {query_name}(author_id: $author_id, limit: $limit, offset: $offset) {{ {query_fields} }}
+    query = f"""query {operation}($author_id: Int!, limit: Int, offset: Int) {{
+        {query_name}(author_id: $author_id, limit: $limit, offset: $offset) {{ id slug title }}
     }}"""
 
     body = {