diff --git a/gql.go b/gql.go
index d8fe0ae..c3dba7d 100644
--- a/gql.go
+++ b/gql.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
   "sync"
   "github.com/gobwas/ws"
   "github.com/gobwas/ws/wsutil"
+  "strings"
 )
 
 func GraphiQLHandler() func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
@@ -112,6 +113,36 @@ func enableCORS(w *http.ResponseWriter) {
  (*w).Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "*")
 }
 
+type GQLUnauthorized string
+
+func (e GQLUnauthorized) Is(target error) bool {
+  error_type := reflect.TypeOf(GQLUnauthorized(""))
+  target_type := reflect.TypeOf(target)
+  return error_type == target_type
+}
+
+func (e GQLUnauthorized) Error() string {
+  return fmt.Sprintf("GQL_UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR: %s", string(e))
+}
+
+func checkForAuthHeader(header http.Header) (string, bool) {
+  auths, ok := header["Authorization"]
+  if ok == false {
+    return "", false
+  }
+  for _, auth := range(auths) {
+    parts := strings.SplitN(auth, " ", 2)
+    if len(parts) != 2 {
+      continue
+    }
+    if parts[0] == "TM" {
+      return parts[1], true
+    }
+  }
+
+  return "", false
+}
+
 func GQLHandler(ctx * Context, server * GQLThread) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
   gql_ctx := context.Background()
   gql_ctx = context.WithValue(gql_ctx, "graph_context", ctx)
@@ -125,18 +156,25 @@ func GQLHandler(ctx * Context, server * GQLThread) func(http.ResponseWriter, *ht
       header_map[header] = value
     }
     ctx.Log.Logm("gql", header_map, "REQUEST_HEADERS")
+    auth, ok := checkForAuthHeader(r.Header)
+    if ok == false {
+      ctx.Log.Logf("gql", "GQL_REQUEST_ERR: no auth header included in request header")
+      return
+    }
 
     str, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
     if err != nil {
-      ctx.Log.Logf("gql", "failed to read request body: %s", err)
+      ctx.Log.Logf("gql", "GQL_REQUEST_ERR: failed to read request body: %s", err)
       return
-    }
+ }
     query := GQLWSPayload{}
     json.Unmarshal(str, &query)
 
+    req_ctx := context.WithValue(gql_ctx, "auth", auth)
+
     params := graphql.Params{
       Schema: ctx.GQL.Schema,
-      Context: gql_ctx,
+      Context: req_ctx,
       RequestString: query.Query,
     }
     if query.OperationName != "" {