diff --git a/src/lib/app.ts b/src/lib/app.ts
index 6de9ec9fc4..f5a064ad9b 100644
--- a/src/lib/app.ts
+++ b/src/lib/app.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import NotFoundError from './error/notfound-error';
 import { bearerTokenMiddleware } from './middleware/bearer-token-middleware';
 import { auditAccessMiddleware } from './middleware';
 import { originMiddleware } from './middleware/origin-middleware';
+import { unlessHasHeader } from './middleware/unless-has-header-middleware';
 
 export default async function getApp(
     config: IUnleashConfig,
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ export default async function getApp(
         ),
     );
     if (unleashSession) {
-        app.use(unleashSession);
+        app.use(unlessHasHeader('authorization', unleashSession));
     }
     app.use(secureHeaders(config));
     app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
diff --git a/src/lib/middleware/unless-has-header-middleware.ts b/src/lib/middleware/unless-has-header-middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70498c725b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/middleware/unless-has-header-middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { RequestHandler } from 'express';
+
+export const unlessHasHeader =
+    (header: string, middleware: RequestHandler): RequestHandler =>
+    (req, res, next) => {
+        if (req.headers[header]) {
+            return next();
+        } else {
+            return middleware(req, res, next);
+        }
+    };