diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 6874c4a..c811b02 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
   "rules": {
     "prettier/prettier": 2,
     "no-console": 0,
-    "no-process-env": 0
+    "no-process-env": 0,
+    "line-comment-position": 0
   },
   "globals": {
     "NodeJS": true
diff --git a/src/interfaces/authed-request.ts b/src/interfaces/authed-request.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a2e696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interfaces/authed-request.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { Request } from 'express';
+
+export interface AuthedRequest extends Request {
+    jwt?: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/interfaces/jwt-payload-with-user.ts b/src/interfaces/jwt-payload-with-user.ts
index 902551e..2f554c5 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jwt-payload-with-user.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/jwt-payload-with-user.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import { JwtPayload } from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import { User } from './user.interface';
 
 export interface JWTPayloadWithUser extends JwtPayload {
-    user: User;
+    user?: User;
 }
diff --git a/src/middleware/ensure-authenticated.ts b/src/middleware/ensure-authenticated.ts
index 1492a4a..ac4757f 100644
--- a/src/middleware/ensure-authenticated.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/ensure-authenticated.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from 'express';
 import JWT from 'jsonwebtoken';
 
+import { AuthedRequest } from '../interfaces/authed-request';
 import { JWTPayloadWithUser } from '../interfaces/jwt-payload-with-user';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
 
-export const ensureAuthenticated: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
+export const ensureAuthenticated: RequestHandler = (req: AuthedRequest, res, next) => {
     logger.debug('checking if user is authenticated...');
 
-    if (!req.cookies.jwt) {
-        logger.error('JWT cookie not found');
-        return res.redirect('/auth/login');
-    }
+    try {
+        if (!req.cookies.jwt) {
+            throw new Error('JWT cookie not found');
+        }
 
-    const secret = process.env.JWT_SECRET || '';
-    const decoded = JWT.verify(req.cookies.jwt, secret) as JWTPayloadWithUser;
+        const secret = process.env.JWT_SECRET || '';
+        const token = req.cookies.jwt;
+        const decoded = JWT.verify(token, secret) as JWTPayloadWithUser;
 
-    if (decoded.exp && decoded.exp <= Date.now() / 1000) {
-        logger.error('JWT token has expired');
-        return res.redirect('/auth/login');
-    }
+        if (decoded.exp && decoded.exp <= Date.now() / 1000) {
+            throw new Error('JWT token has expired');
+        }
 
-    req.user = decoded.user;
-    logger.info('user is authenticated');
+        // store the token string as we need it for the auth header in the API requests
+        req.jwt = token;
+        req.user = decoded.user;
+        logger.info('user is authenticated');
+    } catch (err) {
+        logger.error(err);
+        res.status(401);
+        return res.redirect('/auth/login?error=unauthenticated');
+    }
 
     return next();
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/healthcheck.ts b/src/routes/healthcheck.ts
index 8e2cd9f..751041b 100644
--- a/src/routes/healthcheck.ts
+++ b/src/routes/healthcheck.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 import { Router } from 'express';
 
-import { API } from '../services/api';
+import { StatsWalesApi } from '../services/stats-wales-api';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
 
-const APIInstance = new API();
-
 export const healthcheck = Router();
 
 healthcheck.get('/', async (req, res) => {
     const lang = req.i18n.language || 'en-GB';
+    const APIInstance = new StatsWalesApi(lang);
     logger.info(`Healthcheck requested in ${lang}`);
+
     const statusMsg = req.t('app-running');
     const beConnected = await APIInstance.ping();
+
     res.json({
         status: statusMsg,
         notes: req.t('health-notes'),
diff --git a/src/routes/publish.ts b/src/routes/publish.ts
index d9f910e..5d1ef9d 100644
--- a/src/routes/publish.ts
+++ b/src/routes/publish.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 import { Blob } from 'buffer';
 
 import { Request, Response, Router } from 'express';
-import pino from 'pino';
 import multer from 'multer';
 
+import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { ViewErrDTO } from '../dtos/view-dto';
 import { i18next } from '../middleware/translation';
-import { API } from '../services/api';
+import { StatsWalesApi } from '../services/stats-wales-api';
 
 const t = i18next.t;
 const storage = multer.memoryStorage();
 const upload = multer({ storage });
-const APIInstance = new API();
-
-const logger = pino({
-    name: 'StatsWales-Alpha-App: Publish',
-    level: 'debug'
-});
 
 export const publish = Router();
 
@@ -65,6 +59,8 @@ publish.post('/name', upload.none(), (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 
 publish.post('/upload', upload.single('csv'), async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     const lang = req.i18n.language;
+    const statsWalesApi = new StatsWalesApi(lang);
+
     if (!req.body?.internal_name) {
         logger.debug('Internal name was missing on request');
         const err: ViewErrDTO = {
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ publish.post('/upload', upload.single('csv'), async (req: Request, res: Response
                     field: 'internal_name',
                     message: [
                         {
-                            lang: req.i18n.language,
+                            lang,
                             message: t('errors.name_missing')
                         }
                     ],
@@ -91,8 +87,10 @@ publish.post('/upload', upload.single('csv'), async (req: Request, res: Response
         res.render('publish/name', err);
         return;
     }
+
     logger.debug(`Internal name: ${req.body.internal_name}`);
     const internalName: string = req.body.internal_name;
+
     if (!req.file) {
         logger.debug('Attached file was missing on this request');
         const err: ViewErrDTO = {
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ publish.post('/upload', upload.single('csv'), async (req: Request, res: Response
                     field: 'csv',
                     message: [
                         {
-                            lang: req.i18n.language,
+                            lang,
                             message: t('errors.upload.no-csv-data')
                         }
                     ],
@@ -122,9 +120,10 @@ publish.post('/upload', upload.single('csv'), async (req: Request, res: Response
 
     const fileData = new Blob([req.file?.buffer]);
 
-    const processedCSV = await APIInstance.uploadCSV(lang, fileData, internalName);
+    const processedCSV = await statsWalesApi.uploadCSV(fileData, internalName);
+
     if (processedCSV.success) {
-        res.redirect(`/${req.i18n.language}/dataset/${processedCSV.dataset?.id}`);
+        res.redirect(`/${lang}/dataset/${processedCSV.dataset?.id}`);
     } else {
         res.status(400);
         res.render('publish/upload', processedCSV);
diff --git a/src/routes/view.ts b/src/routes/view.ts
index e865924..a3e1635 100644
--- a/src/routes/view.ts
+++ b/src/routes/view.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
-import { Router, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { Router, Response } from 'express';
 
-import { API } from '../services/api';
+import { StatsWalesApi } from '../services/stats-wales-api';
 import { FileList } from '../dtos/filelist';
 import { ViewErrDTO } from '../dtos/view-dto';
 import { i18next } from '../middleware/translation';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
+import { AuthedRequest } from '../interfaces/authed-request';
 
 const t = i18next.t;
-const APIInstance = new API();
 export const view = Router();
 
-view.get('/', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+const statsWalesApi = (req: AuthedRequest) => {
     const lang = req.i18n.language;
-    const fileList: FileList = await APIInstance.getFileList(lang);
+    const token = req.jwt;
+    return new StatsWalesApi(lang, token);
+};
+
+view.get('/', async (req: AuthedRequest, res: Response) => {
+    const fileList: FileList = await statsWalesApi(req).getFileList();
     logger.debug(`FileList from server = ${JSON.stringify(fileList)}`);
     res.render('list', fileList);
 });
 
-view.get('/:file', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-    const lang = req.i18n.language;
+view.get('/:file', async (req: AuthedRequest, res: Response) => {
     const page_number: number = Number.parseInt(req.query.page_number as string, 10) || 1;
     const page_size: number = Number.parseInt(req.query.page_size as string, 10) || 100;
 
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ view.get('/:file', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     }
 
     const file_id = req.params.file;
-    const file = await APIInstance.getFileData(lang, file_id, page_number, page_size);
+    const file = await statsWalesApi(req).getFileData(file_id, page_number, page_size);
     if (!file.success) {
         res.status((file as ViewErrDTO).status);
     }
diff --git a/src/services/api.ts b/src/services/stats-wales-api.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from src/services/api.ts
rename to src/services/stats-wales-api.ts
index 846a5fc..befa3d9 100644
--- a/src/services/api.ts
+++ b/src/services/stats-wales-api.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,22 @@ class HttpError extends Error {
     }
 }
 
-export class API {
-    private readonly backendUrl: string | undefined;
+export class StatsWalesApi {
+    private readonly backendUrl = process.env.BACKEND_URL || '';
+    private readonly authHeader: Record<string, string>;
 
-    constructor() {
-        this.backendUrl = process.env.BACKEND_URL;
+    constructor(
+        private lang: string,
+        private token?: string
+    ) {
+        this.lang = lang;
+        this.authHeader = token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {};
     }
 
-    public async getFileList(lang: string) {
-        logger.debug(`Fetching file list from ${this.backendUrl}/${lang}/dataset`);
-        const filelist: FileList = await fetch(`${this.backendUrl}/${lang}/dataset`)
+    public async getFileList() {
+        logger.debug(`Fetching file list from ${this.backendUrl}/${this.lang}/dataset`);
+
+        const filelist: FileList = await fetch(`${this.backendUrl}/${this.lang}/dataset`, { headers: this.authHeader })
             .then((response) => {
                 if (response.ok) {
                     return response.json();
@@ -46,9 +52,10 @@ export class API {
         return filelist;
     }
 
-    public async getFileData(lang: string, file_id: string, page_number: number, page_size: number) {
+    public async getFileData(file_id: string, page_number: number, page_size: number) {
         const file = await fetch(
-            `${this.backendUrl}/${lang}/dataset/${file_id}/view?page_number=${page_number}&page_size=${page_size}`
+            `${this.backendUrl}/${this.lang}/dataset/${file_id}/view?page_number=${page_number}&page_size=${page_size}`,
+            { headers: this.authHeader }
         )
             .then((response) => {
                 if (response.ok) {
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ export class API {
                             field: 'file',
                             message: [
                                 {
-                                    lang,
+                                    lang: this.lang,
                                     message: 'errors.dataset_missing'
                                 }
                             ],
@@ -87,14 +94,15 @@ export class API {
         return file;
     }
 
-    public async uploadCSV(lang: string, file: Blob, filename: string) {
+    public async uploadCSV(file: Blob, filename: string) {
         const formData = new FormData();
         formData.append('csv', file, filename);
         formData.append('internal_name', filename);
 
-        const processedCSV = await fetch(`${this.backendUrl}/${lang}/dataset/`, {
+        const processedCSV = await fetch(`${this.backendUrl}/${this.lang}/dataset/`, {
             method: 'POST',
-            body: formData
+            body: formData,
+            headers: this.authHeader
         })
             .then((response) => {
                 if (response.ok) {
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ export class API {
                             field: 'csv',
                             message: [
                                 {
-                                    lang,
+                                    lang: this.lang,
                                     message: 'errors.upload.no-csv-data'
                                 }
                             ],
diff --git a/test/app.test.ts b/test/app.test.ts
index 55b414d..1394e7d 100644
--- a/test/app.test.ts
+++ b/test/app.test.ts
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ jest.mock('../src/middleware/ensure-authenticated', () => ({
 }));
 
 const server = setupServer(
-    http.get('http://somehost.com:3001/en-GB/dataset', () => {
+    http.get('http://example.com:3001/en-GB/dataset', () => {
         return HttpResponse.json({
             filelist: [{ internal_name: 'test-data-1.csv', id: 'bdc40218-af89-424b-b86e-d21710bc92f1' }]
         });
     }),
-    http.get('http://somehost.com:3001/en-GB/dataset/missing-id/view', () => {
+    http.get('http://example.com:3001/en-GB/dataset/missing-id/view', () => {
         return new HttpResponse(null, {
             status: 404,
             statusText: '{}'
         });
     }),
-    http.get('http://somehost.com:3001/en-GB/dataset/fa07be9d-3495-432d-8c1f-d0fc6daae359/view', () => {
+    http.get('http://example.com:3001/en-GB/dataset/fa07be9d-3495-432d-8c1f-d0fc6daae359/view', () => {
         return HttpResponse.json({
             success: true,
             dataset: {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const server = setupServer(
             ]
         });
     }),
-    http.post('http://somehost.com:3001/en-GB/dataset/', async (req) => {
+    http.post('http://example.com:3001/en-GB/dataset/', async (req) => {
         const data = await req.request.formData();
         const internalName = data.get('internal_name') as string;
         if (internalName === 'test-data-3.csv fail test') {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const server = setupServer(
             }
         });
     }),
-    http.get('http://somehost.com:3001/healthcheck', () => {
+    http.get('http://example.com:3001/healthcheck', () => {
         return HttpResponse.json({
             status: 'App is running',
             notes: 'Expand endpoint to check for database connection and other services.'