diff --git a/auth/authorization.go b/auth/authorization.go
index 42f955f..5048228 100644
--- a/auth/authorization.go
+++ b/auth/authorization.go
@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 type AuthenticationMiddleware struct {
-	Secret string
+	secret string
 }
 
 func (middleware AuthenticationMiddleware) Middleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		authToken := r.Header.Get("Authorization")
 
-		if authToken == "" || strings.HasPrefix(authToken, "Bearer ") == false || authToken[7:] != middleware.Secret {
+		if authToken == "" || strings.HasPrefix(authToken, "Bearer ") == false || authToken[7:] != middleware.secret {
 			http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
 		} else {
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func CreateAuthenticationMiddleware(secret string) AuthenticationMiddleware {
+	return AuthenticationMiddleware{
+		secret: secret,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/auth/authorization_test.go b/auth/authorization_test.go
index 0aa737e..139f416 100644
--- a/auth/authorization_test.go
+++ b/auth/authorization_test.go
@@ -11,18 +11,15 @@ import (
 
 func TestAuthorizationMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	token := faker.Word()
+	middleware := CreateAuthenticationMiddleware(token)
 
-	t.Run("AuthorizationMiddleware returns 403 response when authorization header is incorrect", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		})
-
-		middleware := AuthenticationMiddleware{
-			Secret: token,
-		}
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
 
-		middlewareHandler := middleware.Middleware(handler)
+	middlewareHandler := middleware.Middleware(handler)
 
+	t.Run("AuthorizationMiddleware returns 403 response when authorization header is incorrect", func(t *testing.T) {
 		request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
 		responseRecorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
@@ -32,16 +29,6 @@ func TestAuthorizationMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("AuthorizationMiddleware continues when authorization header is correct", func(t *testing.T) {
-		handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		})
-
-		middleware := AuthenticationMiddleware{
-			Secret: token,
-		}
-
-		middlewareHandler := middleware.Middleware(handler)
-
 		request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
 		request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
 		responseRecorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cb25943..79145dc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	pipes := pipelines.LoadPipelines()
 
-	authMiddleware := auth.AuthenticationMiddleware{
-		Secret: settings.Token,
-	}
+	authMiddleware := auth.CreateAuthenticationMiddleware(settings.Token)
 
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	r.Use(authMiddleware.Middleware)