diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2ae9fe..ebd8620 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ Demonstrates how to use the [Json Web Token Auth Middleware](https://github.com/
 
 curl demo:
 ``` sh
-curl -d '{"username": "admin", "password": "admin"}' -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:8080/login
+curl -d '{"username": "admin", "password": "admin"}' -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:8080/api/login
 curl -H "Authorization:Bearer TOKEN_RETURNED_FROM_ABOVE" http://localhost:8080/api/auth_test
 curl -H "Authorization:Bearer TOKEN_RETURNED_FROM_ABOVE" http://localhost:8080/api/refresh_token
 ```
@@ -942,11 +942,12 @@ code:
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/StephanDollberg/go-json-rest-middleware-jwt"
-	"github.com/ant0ine/go-json-rest/rest"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/StephanDollberg/go-json-rest-middleware-jwt"
+	"github.com/ant0ine/go-json-rest/rest"
 )
 
 func handle_auth(w rest.ResponseWriter, r *rest.Request) {
@@ -954,35 +955,31 @@ func handle_auth(w rest.ResponseWriter, r *rest.Request) {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	jwt_middleware := jwt.JWTMiddleware{
+	jwt_middleware := &jwt.JWTMiddleware{
 		Key:        []byte("secret key"),
 		Realm:      "jwt auth",
 		Timeout:    time.Hour,
 		MaxRefresh: time.Hour * 24,
 		Authenticator: func(userId string, password string) bool {
-			if userId == "admin" && password == "admin" {
-				return true
-			}
-			return false
+			return userId == "admin" && password == "admin"
 		}}
 
-	login_api := rest.NewApi()
-	login_api.Use(rest.DefaultDevStack...)
-	login_router, _ := rest.MakeRouter(
+	api := rest.NewApi()
+	api.Use(rest.DefaultDevStack...)
+	// we use the IfMiddleware to remove certain paths from needing authentication
+	api.Use(&rest.IfMiddleware{
+		Condition: func(request *rest.Request) bool {
+			return request.URL.Path != "/login"
+		},
+		IfTrue: jwt_middleware,
+	})
+	api_router, _ := rest.MakeRouter(
 		&rest.Route{"POST", "/login", jwt_middleware.LoginHandler},
-	)
-	login_api.SetApp(login_router)
-
-	main_api := rest.NewApi()
-	main_api.Use(&jwt_middleware)
-	main_api.Use(rest.DefaultDevStack...)
-	main_api_router, _ := rest.MakeRouter(
 		&rest.Route{"GET", "/auth_test", handle_auth},
 		&rest.Route{"GET", "/refresh_token", jwt_middleware.RefreshHandler})
-	main_api.SetApp(main_api_router)
+	api.SetApp(api_router)
 
-	http.Handle("/", login_api.MakeHandler())
-	http.Handle("/api/", http.StripPrefix("/api", main_api.MakeHandler()))
+	http.Handle("/api/", http.StripPrefix("/api", api.MakeHandler()))
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
 }