diff --git a/src/auth/__tests__/auth.middleware.test.ts b/src/auth/__tests__/auth.middleware.test.ts
index 4380c47c..e17967b6 100644
--- a/src/auth/__tests__/auth.middleware.test.ts
+++ b/src/auth/__tests__/auth.middleware.test.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ describe('Auth lambda', () => {
     app.post('/', (req, res) => {
       res.json({ hello: 'world' })
     })
+    app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+      res.json({ hello: 'world' })
+    })
   })
 
   test('valid digest', async () => {
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ describe('Auth lambda', () => {
       .set('did', did.id)
       .set('digest', cid.toString())
       .send(Buffer.from(carFile.bytes)) // Supertest quirk
-    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
   })
   test('invalid digest', async () => {
     const carFile = carFactory.build()
@@ -185,7 +188,11 @@ describe('Auth lambda', () => {
       .set('did', did.id)
       .set('digest', 'INVALID')
       .send(Buffer.from(carFile.bytes)) // Supertest quirk
-    expect(response.status).toBe(403)
+    expect(response.status).toEqual(403)
+  })
+  test('get', async () => {
+    const response = await supertest(app).get('/')
+    expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/src/auth/auth.middleware.ts b/src/auth/auth.middleware.ts
index dbee7de9..f919b89d 100644
--- a/src/auth/auth.middleware.ts
+++ b/src/auth/auth.middleware.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function auth(opts: AuthOpts): Handler {
 
     // Use auth lambda
     const didFromHeader = req.header('did')
-    if (didFromHeader && req.body) {
+    if (didFromHeader && req.body && Object.keys(req.body).length > 0) {
       const digest = buildBodyDigest(req.header('Content-Type'), req.body)
       if (req.header('digest') === digest) {
         ServiceMetrics.count(METRIC_NAMES.AUTH_ALLOWED, 1, { did: didFromHeader })