diff --git a/src/api/v1/servers/mod.rs b/src/api/v1/servers/mod.rs
index 9a933f7..2cdd2e0 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/servers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/servers/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use actix_web::{error, post, web, Error, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Scope};
+use actix_web::{error, post, web, Error, HttpResponse, Scope};
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::error;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 mod uuid;
 
-use crate::{api::v1::auth::check_access_token, utils::get_auth_header, Data};
+use crate::{api::v1::auth::check_access_token, Data};
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct Request {
+    access_token: String,
     name: String,
     description: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -37,25 +38,8 @@ pub fn web() -> Scope {
 }
 
 #[post("")]
-pub async fn res(req: HttpRequest, mut payload: web::Payload, data: web::Data<Data>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-    let headers = req.headers();
-
-    let auth_header = get_auth_header(headers);
-
-    if let Err(error) = auth_header {
-        return Ok(error)
-    }
-
-    let authorized = check_access_token(auth_header.unwrap(), &data.pool).await;
-
-    if let Err(error) = authorized {
-        return Ok(error)
-    }
-
-    let uuid = authorized.unwrap();
-
+pub async fn res(mut payload: web::Payload, data: web::Data<Data>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let mut body = web::BytesMut::new();
-
     while let Some(chunk) = payload.next().await {
         let chunk = chunk?;
         // limit max size of in-memory payload
@@ -67,6 +51,14 @@ pub async fn res(req: HttpRequest, mut payload: web::Payload, data: web::Data<Da
 
     let request = serde_json::from_slice::<Request>(&body)?;
 
+    let authorized = check_access_token(request.access_token, &data.pool).await;
+
+    if let Err(error) = authorized {
+        return Ok(error)
+    }
+
+    let uuid = authorized.unwrap();
+
     let guild_uuid = Uuid::now_v7();
 
     let row = sqlx::query(&format!("INSERT INTO guilds (uuid, owner_uuid, name, description) VALUES ('{}', '{}', $1, $2)", guild_uuid, uuid))
diff --git a/src/api/v1/servers/uuid/mod.rs b/src/api/v1/servers/uuid/mod.rs
index 022f0da..02ad3a1 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/servers/uuid/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/servers/uuid/mod.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-use actix_web::{get, web, Error, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Scope};
+use actix_web::{error, post, web, Error, HttpResponse, Scope};
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::error;
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::FromRow;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 mod channels;
 
-use crate::{api::v1::auth::check_access_token, utils::get_auth_header, Data};
+use crate::{api::v1::auth::check_access_token, Data};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Request {
+    access_token: String,
+}
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 struct Response {
@@ -29,25 +35,31 @@ struct Role {
     permissions: i64,
 }
 
+const MAX_SIZE: usize = 262_144;
+
 pub fn web() -> Scope {
     web::scope("/")
         .service(res)
         .service(channels::web())
 }
 
-#[get("{uuid}")]
-pub async fn res(req: HttpRequest, path: web::Path<(Uuid,)>, data: web::Data<Data>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-    let headers = req.headers();
-
-    let auth_header = get_auth_header(headers);
-
-    if let Err(error) = auth_header {
-        return Ok(error)
+#[post("{uuid}")]
+pub async fn res(mut payload: web::Payload, path: web::Path<(Uuid,)>, data: web::Data<Data>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let mut body = web::BytesMut::new();
+    while let Some(chunk) = payload.next().await {
+        let chunk = chunk?;
+        // limit max size of in-memory payload
+        if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > MAX_SIZE {
+            return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("overflow"));
+        }
+        body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
     }
 
     let guild_uuid = path.into_inner().0;
 
-    let authorized = check_access_token(auth_header.unwrap(), &data.pool).await;
+    let request = serde_json::from_slice::<Request>(&body)?;
+
+    let authorized = check_access_token(request.access_token, &data.pool).await;
 
     if let Err(error) = authorized {
         return Ok(error)