diff --git a/backend/dsp-service/src/clerk.ts b/backend/dsp-service/src/clerk.ts
index d3d19ff..66c03ce 100644
--- a/backend/dsp-service/src/clerk.ts
+++ b/backend/dsp-service/src/clerk.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function userByToken(token: string): Promise<User> {
 }
 
 export async function userById(id: string): Promise<User> {
-  const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(id as string);
+  const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(id);
   return user;
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/dsp-service/src/context.ts b/backend/dsp-service/src/context.ts
index 84f0537..4604583 100644
--- a/backend/dsp-service/src/context.ts
+++ b/backend/dsp-service/src/context.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { User } from "@clerk/clerk-sdk-node";
 import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
 import { PubSub } from "graphql-subscriptions";
 import { logger, Logger } from "./logger";
-import { userByToken } from "./clerk";
+import { userById } from "./clerk";
 import { ExpressContextFunctionArgument } from "@apollo/server/dist/esm/express4";
 
 export const prisma = new PrismaClient();
@@ -19,31 +19,21 @@ export interface DspContext {
 };
 
 
-export async function makeRequestContext({ req, res }: ExpressContextFunctionArgument): Promise<DspContext> {
-
+export async function makeRequestContext({ req, res }: any): Promise<DspContext> {
   let newContext: DspContext = {
     prisma,
     pubsub,
     logger: logger,
   };
-
   try {
 
-    const headers = req.headers;
-
-    if (headers && headers.authorization) {
-
-      logger.info('[server.makeRequestContext] has authoriztion header');
-      logger.debug(`[server.makeRequestContext] req.headers.authorization ${JSON.stringify(headers.authorization, undefined, 2)}`);
-      const token = headers.authorization.split(' ')[1];
-      const userProfile: User = await userByToken(token);
-      logger.debug(`[server.makeRequestContext] userProfile ${JSON.stringify(userProfile, undefined, 2)}`);
+    if (req.auth && req.auth.userId) {
+      const auth = req.auth;
       newContext = {
         ...newContext,
-        user: userProfile,
-        token: token,
+        user: await userById(auth.userId),
+        token: auth.getToken(),
       };
-
     }
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(`[server.makeRequestContext] 💀 Error creating context ${JSON.stringify(error, undefined, 2)}`);
@@ -51,7 +41,7 @@ export async function makeRequestContext({ req, res }: ExpressContextFunctionArg
   return newContext;
 }
 
-export async function makeWebSocketContext(args: ExpressContextFunctionArgument): Promise<DspContext> {
+export function makeWebSocketContext(args: any): DspContext {
 
   let newContext: DspContext = {
     prisma,
diff --git a/backend/dsp-service/src/resolvers/accountsResolvers.ts b/backend/dsp-service/src/resolvers/accountsResolvers.ts
index bc09ec3..0515e0c 100644
--- a/backend/dsp-service/src/resolvers/accountsResolvers.ts
+++ b/backend/dsp-service/src/resolvers/accountsResolvers.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { GraphQLResolveInfo } from "graphql";
 import { QueryAccountsArgs, QueryAccountArgs, MutationNewAccountArgs, MutationMapAccountRetailersArgs } from "../resolver-types";
 import { withFilter } from "graphql-subscriptions";
-import { DspContext, pubsub } from "../context";
-
-// TODO: add logger to context for sunscription
-import { logger } from "../logger";
+import { DspContext } from "../context";
 
 const ACCOUNT_CREATED = 'ACCOUNT_CREATED';
 
@@ -132,12 +129,12 @@ export const accountResolvers/*: Resolvers*/ = {
     accountCreated: {
       subscribe: withFilter(
         (_: any, varibles: any, context: DspContext, info: any) => {
-          context.logger.info(`[accountsResolvers.accountCreated] subscribe  ${varibles}`);
+          context.logger.debug(`[accountsResolvers.accountCreated] subscribe  ${JSON.stringify(varibles, null, 2)}`);
           return context.pubsub.asyncIterator(ACCOUNT_CREATED);
         },
         (payload, variables, context: DspContext, info: any) => {
-          context.logger.debug(`accountCreated variables ${variables}`);
-          context.logger.info(`accountCreated payload ${payload}`);
+          context.logger.debug(`accountCreated variables ${JSON.stringify(variables, null, 2)}`);
+          context.logger.debug(`accountCreated payload ${JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2)}`);
           return payload;
         }
       )
diff --git a/backend/dsp-service/src/server.ts b/backend/dsp-service/src/server.ts
index 945ad5d..e20a988 100644
--- a/backend/dsp-service/src/server.ts
+++ b/backend/dsp-service/src/server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ApolloServer } from '@apollo/server';
 
-import { ExpressContextFunctionArgument, expressMiddleware } from '@apollo/server/express4';
+import { expressMiddleware } from '@apollo/server/express4';
 import { ApolloServerPluginDrainHttpServer } from '@apollo/server/plugin/drainHttpServer';
 import { ApolloServerPluginLandingPageLocalDefault } from '@apollo/server/plugin/landingPage/default';
 import { createServer } from 'http';
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { resolvers } from './resolvers';
 import { DspContext, makeRequestContext, pubsub, prisma, makeWebSocketContext } from './context';
 
 import { corsOptions } from './cors';
+import { ClerkExpressWithAuth, LooseAuthProp, WithAuthProp } from '@clerk/clerk-sdk-node';
 
 const PORT = (process.env.PORT) ? Number.parseInt(process.env.PORT) : 4000;
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ async function listen() {
     // WebSocketServer start listening.
     const serverCleanup = useServer({
       schema: graphSchema,
-      context: async (args: ExpressContextFunctionArgument) => {
+      context: async (args: any) => {
         return makeWebSocketContext(args);
       },
       onConnect: async (ctx: any) => {
@@ -166,11 +167,15 @@ async function listen() {
       '/graphql',
       cors(corsOptions),
       json(),
-      expressMiddleware(server, {
-        context: async (args: ExpressContextFunctionArgument) => {
-          return makeRequestContext(args);
-        },
-      }),
+      ClerkExpressWithAuth(),
+      expressMiddleware(server,
+        {
+          context: async (args: any) => {
+            // console.log(`[server] expressMiddleware context ${JSON.stringify(args, undefined, 2)}`);
+            return await makeRequestContext(args);
+          },
+        }
+      ),
     );