diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/leaderboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/leaderboard_controller.rb
index 6b14bc2..70f3d1f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/leaderboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/leaderboard_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class Api::V1::LeaderboardController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
   skip_before_action :authenticate
+
   ACCESS_TOKEN = "ikea-tomato-2026"
 
   before_action :set_cors_headers, :set_locale_to_default, :verify_access_token
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index aff3ca0..37dfeff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-  http_basic_authenticate_with name: "stupid", password: "studio" if Rails.env.production?
+  before_action :authenticate
+
 
 private
 
+  def authenticate
+    http_basic_authenticate_with name: "stupid", password: "studio" if Rails.env.production?
+  end
+
 
   def set_locale
     I18n.locale = params[:locale].presence_in(I18n.available_locales.map(&:to_s)) || I18n.default_locale
@@ -12,4 +17,6 @@ private
   def not_found
     raise ActionController::RoutingError.new("Not Found")
   end
+
+
 end