diff --git a/html-router/src/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs b/html-router/src/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs
index 8db7f50..3212b08 100644
--- a/html-router/src/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs
+++ b/html-router/src/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs
@@ -46,3 +46,14 @@ pub async fn require_auth(auth: AuthSessionType, mut request: Request, next: Nex
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub async fn require_admin(auth: AuthSessionType, mut request: Request, next: Next) -> Response {
+    match auth.current_user {
+        Some(user) if user.admin => {
+            request.extensions_mut().insert(user);
+            next.run(request).await
+        }
+        Some(_) => TemplateResponse::redirect("/").into_response(),
+        None => TemplateResponse::redirect("/signin").into_response(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/html-router/src/routes/admin/handlers.rs b/html-router/src/routes/admin/handlers.rs
index 9b85a47..1355f30 100644
--- a/html-router/src/routes/admin/handlers.rs
+++ b/html-router/src/routes/admin/handlers.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ use tracing::{error, info};
 
 use crate::{
     html_state::HtmlState,
-    middlewares::{
-        auth_middleware::RequireUser,
-        response_middleware::{HtmlError, TemplateResponse},
-    },
+    middlewares::response_middleware::{HtmlError, TemplateResponse},
 };
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@ pub struct AdminPanelQuery {
 
 pub async fn show_admin_panel(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(_user): RequireUser,
     Query(query): Query<AdminPanelQuery>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
     let section = match query.section.as_deref() {
@@ -131,14 +127,8 @@ pub struct RegistrationToggleData {
 
 pub async fn toggle_registration_status(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
     Form(input): Form<RegistrationToggleInput>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let current_settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     let new_settings = SystemSettings {
@@ -175,14 +165,8 @@ pub struct ModelSettingsData {
 
 pub async fn update_model_settings(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
     Form(input): Form<ModelSettingsInput>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let current_settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     // Check if using FastEmbed - if so, embedding model/dimensions cannot be changed via UI
@@ -295,13 +279,7 @@ pub struct SystemPromptEditData {
 
 pub async fn show_edit_system_prompt(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     Ok(TemplateResponse::new_template(
@@ -325,14 +303,8 @@ pub struct SystemPromptSectionData {
 
 pub async fn patch_query_prompt(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
     Form(input): Form<SystemPromptUpdateInput>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let current_settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     let new_settings = SystemSettings {
@@ -359,13 +331,7 @@ pub struct IngestionPromptEditData {
 
 pub async fn show_edit_ingestion_prompt(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     Ok(TemplateResponse::new_template(
@@ -384,14 +350,8 @@ pub struct IngestionPromptUpdateInput {
 
 pub async fn patch_ingestion_prompt(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
     Form(input): Form<IngestionPromptUpdateInput>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let current_settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     let new_settings = SystemSettings {
@@ -418,13 +378,7 @@ pub struct ImagePromptEditData {
 
 pub async fn show_edit_image_prompt(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     Ok(TemplateResponse::new_template(
@@ -443,14 +397,8 @@ pub struct ImagePromptUpdateInput {
 
 pub async fn patch_image_prompt(
     State(state): State<HtmlState>,
-    RequireUser(user): RequireUser,
     Form(input): Form<ImagePromptUpdateInput>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, HtmlError> {
-    // Early return if the user is not admin
-    if !user.admin {
-        return Ok(TemplateResponse::redirect("/"));
-    }
-
     let current_settings = SystemSettings::get_current(&state.db).await?;
 
     let new_settings = SystemSettings {
diff --git a/html-router/src/routes/admin/mod.rs b/html-router/src/routes/admin/mod.rs
index 7bc8bc3..c77e47e 100644
--- a/html-router/src/routes/admin/mod.rs
+++ b/html-router/src/routes/admin/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod handlers;
 use axum::{
     extract::FromRef,
+    middleware::from_fn,
     routing::{get, patch},
     Router,
 };
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ use handlers::{
     toggle_registration_status, update_model_settings,
 };
 
-use crate::html_state::HtmlState;
+use crate::{html_state::HtmlState, middlewares::auth_middleware::require_admin};
 
 pub fn router<S>() -> Router<S>
 where
@@ -27,4 +28,5 @@ where
         .route("/update-ingestion-prompt", patch(patch_ingestion_prompt))
         .route("/edit-image-prompt", get(show_edit_image_prompt))
         .route("/update-image-prompt", patch(patch_image_prompt))
+        .route_layer(from_fn(require_admin))
 }