diff --git a/services/appview/src/index.ts b/services/appview/src/index.ts
index 64405ce..d4087e4 100644
--- a/services/appview/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/appview/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Hono } from 'hono'
 import { HTTPException } from 'hono/http-exception'
 import { logger } from 'hono/logger'
 import { pino } from 'pino'
-import { optionalAuthMiddleware } from './auth/middleware.js'
 import { Database } from './db.js'
 import { env } from './env.js'
 import { createFeedRouter } from './feed/feed.js'
@@ -68,10 +67,7 @@ export class Server {
       await next()
     })
 
-    // Apply optional auth to getPosts - enables auth but doesn't require it
-    app.use('/xrpc/so.sprk.feed.getPosts', optionalAuthMiddleware)
-
-    // Auth routes
+    // TODO: Remove this after getAuthorFeedRouter is properly implemented on frontend
     const feedRouter = createFeedRouter(ctx)
     app.route('/', feedRouter)
 
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ export class Server {
     // Root route
     app.get('/', (c) => {
       return c.text(
-        '✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ 𝚂𝙿𝙰𝚁𝙺 𝙰𝙿𝙸 . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧',
+        '✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ SPARK API . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧',
       )
     })
 
diff --git a/services/appview/src/routes/feed/getPosts.ts b/services/appview/src/routes/feed/getPosts.ts
index 9f0859e..bc9ffd8 100644
--- a/services/appview/src/routes/feed/getPosts.ts
+++ b/services/appview/src/routes/feed/getPosts.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { AppContext } from '../../index.js'
 import { transformPostToPostView } from '../../utils/post-transformer.js'
 import { Database } from '../../db.js'
 import type * as SoSprkFeedDefs from '../../lexicon/types/so/sprk/feed/defs.js'
+import { optionalAuthMiddleware } from '../../auth/middleware.js'
 
 // Function to fetch posts by URIs
 async function getPosts(
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ async function getPosts(
 export const createGetPostsRouter = (ctx: AppContext) => {
   const router = new Hono()
 
-  router.get('/xrpc/so.sprk.feed.getPosts', async (c) => {
+  router.get('/xrpc/so.sprk.feed.getPosts',
+    optionalAuthMiddleware,
+    async (c) => {
     const uris = c.req.queries('uris')
     const userDid = c.get('did') as string | undefined