diff --git a/halfapi/lib/jwt_middleware.py b/halfapi/lib/jwt_middleware.py
index 9501fc1..31cb7d5 100644
--- a/halfapi/lib/jwt_middleware.py
+++ b/halfapi/lib/jwt_middleware.py
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ from starlette.authentication import (
     AuthenticationBackend, AuthenticationError, BaseUser, AuthCredentials,
     UnauthenticatedUser)
 from starlette.requests import HTTPConnection
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('halfapi')
 
+"""
+@OLD : old way to check production setting, we can simply check app's "debug" attribute
+
 try:
     from ..conf import PRODUCTION
 except ImportError:
     logger.warning('Could not import PRODUCTION variable from conf module,'\
         ' using HALFAPI_PROD environment variable')
     PRODUCTION = bool(environ.get('HALFAPI_PROD', False))
+"""
 
 try:
     from ..conf import SECRET
@@ -76,6 +81,28 @@ class JWTUser(BaseUser):
         return self.__id
 
 
+class CheckUser(BaseUser):
+    """ CheckUser class
+
+    Is used to call checks with give user_id, to know if it passes the ACLs for
+    the given route.
+
+    It should never be able to run a route function.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, user_id: UUID) -> None:
+        self.__id = user_id
+
+
+    @property
+    def is_authenticated(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def display_name(self) -> str:
+        return 'check_user'
+
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> str:
         return self.__id
 
 
@@ -90,21 +117,46 @@ class JWTAuthenticationBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
         self.algorithm = algorithm
         self.prefix = prefix
 
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> str:
+        return self.__id
+
     async def authenticate(
         self, conn: HTTPConnection
-    ) -> typing.Optional[typing.Tuple["AuthCredentials", "BaseUser"]]:
+    ) -> typing.Optional[typing.Tuple['AuthCredentials', 'BaseUser']]:
 
-        if "Authorization" not in conn.headers:
-            return None
 
-        token = conn.headers["Authorization"]
+        token = conn.headers.get('Authorization')
+        is_check_call = 'check' in conn.query_params
+        is_fake_user_id = is_check_call and 'user_id' in conn.query_params
+        PRODUCTION = conn.scope['app'].debug == False
+
+        if not token and not is_check_call:
+            return AuthCredentials(), UnauthenticatedUser()
+
         try:
-            payload = jwt.decode(token,
-                key=self.secret_key,
-                algorithms=[self.algorithm],
-                options={
-                    'verify_signature': bool(PRODUCTION)
-                })
+            if token and not is_fake_user_id:
+                payload = jwt.decode(token,
+                    key=self.secret_key,
+                    algorithms=[self.algorithm],
+                    options={
+                        'verify_signature': bool(PRODUCTION)
+                    })
+
+            if is_check_call:
+                if is_fake_user_id:
+                    try:
+                        fake_user_id = UUID(conn.query_params['user_id'])
+
+                        return AuthCredentials(), CheckUser(fake_user_id)
+                    except ValueError as exc:
+                        raise HTTPException(400, 'user_id parameter not an uuid')
+
+                if token:
+                    return AuthCredentials(), CheckUser(payload['user_id'])
+                else:
+                    return AuthCredentials(), UnauthenticatedUser()
+
 
             if PRODUCTION and 'debug' in payload.keys() and payload['debug']:
                 raise AuthenticationError(