diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
index 9badce3..0e4f8d3 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/justinas/alice"
 )
 
 // routes ...
@@ -16,5 +18,7 @@ func (app *application) routes() http.Handler {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/snippet/view", app.snippetView)
 	mux.HandleFunc("/snippet/create", app.snippetCreate)
 
-	return app.recoverPanic(app.logRequest(secureHeaders(mux)))
+	standard := alice.New(app.recoverPanic, app.logRequest, secureHeaders)
+
+	return standard.Then(mux)
 }
diff --git a/snippetbox/go.mod b/snippetbox/go.mod
index 81ca862..0a09da7 100644
--- a/snippetbox/go.mod
+++ b/snippetbox/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module snippetbox.chaosfem.tw
 
 go 1.21.4
 
-require github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 // indirect
+	github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/snippetbox/go.sum b/snippetbox/go.sum
index fd7ae07..5b0e8a0 100644
--- a/snippetbox/go.sum
+++ b/snippetbox/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 h1:lUIinVbN1DY0xBg0eMOzmmtGoHwWBbvnWubQUrtU8EI=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
+github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0 h1:+MHSA/vccVCF4Uq37S42jwlkvI2Xzl7zTPCN5BnZNVo=
+github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fN5HRH/reO/zrUflLfTN43t3vXvKzvZIENsNEe7i7qA=