diff --git a/app/auth/middleware.py b/app/auth/middleware.py
index 51ccd80..c11694d 100644
--- a/app/auth/middleware.py
+++ b/app/auth/middleware.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ def get_auth_user(auth: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = Depends(HTTPBearer()), db
     try:
         decoded_token = verify_token(auth.credentials)
         auth_user = get_user_by_id(db, int(decoded_token["sub"]))
+
+        if auth_user is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=401)
+
         return auth_user
     except JWTError:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Invalid token")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Invalid token")