diff --git a/apps/utils/middlewares.py b/apps/utils/middlewares.py
index 74be9af3..fdda5e31 100644
--- a/apps/utils/middlewares.py
+++ b/apps/utils/middlewares.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class TokenAuthMiddleware:
         # checking if it is a valid user ID, or if scope["user"] is already
         # populated).
         from urllib.parse import parse_qs
-        token = parse_qs(str(scope["query_string"], 'UTF-8'))['token'][0]
-        scope['user'] = await _get_user(token)
-        return await self.app(scope, receive, send)
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+        token = parse_qs(str(scope["query_string"], 'UTF-8')).get('token', [None])[0]
+        if token:
+            user = await _get_user(token)
+            if user:
+                scope['user'] = user
+                return await self.app(scope, receive, send)
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