diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2995078..fe308a3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@kinde-oss/kinde-auth-nextjs",
-  "version": "2.0.9",
+  "version": "2.0.10",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@kinde-oss/kinde-auth-nextjs",
-      "version": "2.0.9",
+      "version": "2.0.10",
       "dependencies": {
         "@kinde-oss/kinde-typescript-sdk": "^2.3.0",
         "cookie": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1440149..ce7edb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kinde-oss/kinde-auth-nextjs",
-  "version": "2.0.9",
+  "version": "2.0.10",
   "description": "Kinde Auth SDK for NextJS",
   "main": "dist/cjs/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/authMiddleware/authMiddleware.js b/src/authMiddleware/authMiddleware.js
index ae284db..0ae7845 100644
--- a/src/authMiddleware/authMiddleware.js
+++ b/src/authMiddleware/authMiddleware.js
@@ -49,13 +49,10 @@ const handleMiddleware = async (req, options, onSuccess) => {
         config.redirectURL
       )
     );
-    response.headers.set('x-hello-from-middleware2', 'hello');
     return response;
   }
 
-  const accessTokenValue = JSON.parse(
-    req.cookies.get('access_token_payload').value
-  );
+  const accessTokenValue = jwt_decode(req.cookies.get('access_token').value);
 
   const isAuthorized =
     options?.isAuthorized({req, token: accessTokenValue}) ??
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ const handleMiddleware = async (req, options, onSuccess) => {
 
   if (isAuthorized && onSuccess) {
     return await onSuccess({
-      token: JSON.parse(req.cookies.get('access_token_payload').value),
+      token: accessTokenValue,
       user: JSON.parse(req.cookies.get('user').value)
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/version.js b/src/utils/version.js
index 9995b8c..5418dfd 100644
--- a/src/utils/version.js
+++ b/src/utils/version.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // Generated by genversion.
-export const version = '2.0.9'
+export const version = '2.0.10'