diff --git a/backend/apps/web/main.py b/backend/apps/web/main.py
index b19a7c1f..b3d90381 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from apps.web.routers import auths, users, chats, modelfiles, utils
 from config import WEBUI_VERSION, WEBUI_AUTH
-from utils.utils import verify_auth_token
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -19,24 +18,9 @@ app.add_middleware(
 
 app.include_router(auths.router, prefix="/auths", tags=["auths"])
 
-app.include_router(
-    users.router,
-    prefix="/users",
-    tags=["users"],
-    dependencies=[Depends(verify_auth_token)],
-)
-app.include_router(
-    chats.router,
-    prefix="/chats",
-    tags=["chats"],
-    dependencies=[Depends(verify_auth_token)],
-)
-app.include_router(
-    modelfiles.router,
-    prefix="/modelfiles",
-    tags=["modelfiles"],
-    dependencies=[Depends(verify_auth_token)],
-)
+app.include_router(users.router, prefix="/users", tags=["users"])
+app.include_router(chats.router, prefix="/chats", tags=["chats"])
+app.include_router(modelfiles.router, prefix="/modelfiles", tags=["modelfiles"])
 app.include_router(utils.router, prefix="/utils", tags=["utils"])
 
 
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py
index 7ff645dc..24e9f426 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/auths.py
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ from apps.web.models.auths import (
 from apps.web.models.users import Users
 
 
-from utils.utils import (
-    get_password_hash,
-    get_current_user,
-    create_token,
-    verify_auth_token,
-)
+from utils.utils import get_password_hash, get_current_user, create_token
 from utils.misc import get_gravatar_url
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
@@ -36,7 +31,7 @@ router = APIRouter()
 ############################
 
 
-@router.get("/", response_model=UserResponse, dependencies=[Depends(verify_auth_token)])
+@router.get("/", response_model=UserResponse)
 async def get_session_user(user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     return {
         "id": user.id,
@@ -52,9 +47,7 @@ async def get_session_user(user=Depends(get_current_user)):
 ############################
 
 
-@router.post(
-    "/update/password", response_model=bool, dependencies=[Depends(verify_auth_token)]
-)
+@router.post("/update/password", response_model=bool)
 async def update_password(
     form_data: UpdatePasswordForm, session_user=Depends(get_current_user)
 ):
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py
index 794eb7f7..0eec4553 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ async def delete_chat_by_id(id: str, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     result = Chats.delete_chat_by_id_and_user_id(id, user.id)
     return result
 
+
 ############################
 # DeleteAllChats
 ############################
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/modelfiles.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/modelfiles.py
index c54ef4a2..841d534d 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/modelfiles.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/modelfiles.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from typing import List, Union, Optional
 from fastapi import APIRouter
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 import json
-
-from apps.web.models.users import Users
 from apps.web.models.modelfiles import (
     Modelfiles,
     ModelfileForm,
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ from apps.web.models.modelfiles import (
     ModelfileResponse,
 )
 
-from utils.utils import bearer_scheme, get_current_user
+from utils.utils import get_current_user
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ router = APIRouter()
 
 
 @router.get("/", response_model=List[ModelfileResponse])
-async def get_modelfiles(skip: int = 0, limit: int = 50, cred=Depends(bearer_scheme)):
+async def get_modelfiles(skip: int = 0, limit: int = 50, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     return Modelfiles.get_modelfiles(skip, limit)
 
 
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ async def create_new_modelfile(
 
 
 @router.post("/", response_model=Optional[ModelfileResponse])
-async def get_modelfile_by_tag_name(form_data: ModelfileTagNameForm):
+async def get_modelfile_by_tag_name(form_data: ModelfileTagNameForm, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
     modelfile = Modelfiles.get_modelfile_by_tag_name(form_data.tag_name)
 
     if modelfile:
diff --git a/backend/utils/utils.py b/backend/utils/utils.py
index c8991152..f98644f5 100644
--- a/backend/utils/utils.py
+++ b/backend/utils/utils.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def extract_token_from_auth_header(auth_header: str):
     return auth_header[len("Bearer ") :]
 
 
-def verify_auth_token(auth_token: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = Depends(HTTPBearer())):
+def get_current_user(auth_token: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = Depends(HTTPBearer())):
     data = decode_token(auth_token.credentials)
     if data != None and "email" in data:
         user = Users.get_user_by_email(data["email"])
@@ -64,14 +64,9 @@ def verify_auth_token(auth_token: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = Depends(HTTPBea
                 status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.INVALID_TOKEN,
             )
-        return
+        return user
     else:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
             detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.UNAUTHORIZED,
         )
-
-
-def get_current_user(auth_token: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = Depends(HTTPBearer())):
-    data = decode_token(auth_token.credentials)
-    return Users.get_user_by_email(data["email"])