diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
index 7592c9de..4d2fd872 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
@@ -146,15 +146,9 @@ const startServer = async () => {
           try {
             const sessionId = decodeSessionToken(req.cookies.session);
             const session = await runWithAlsSession(sessionId, () =>
-              sessionId
-                ? getCache(`validateSession:${sessionId}`, 60 * 5, async () =>
-                    validateSessionToken(req.cookies.session),
-                  )
-                : validateSessionToken(req.cookies.session),
+              validateSessionToken(req.cookies.session),
             );
-            if (session.session) {
-              req.session = session;
-            }
+            req.session = session;
           } catch (e) {
             req.session = EMPTY_SESSION;
           }
diff --git a/packages/trpc/src/routers/auth.ts b/packages/trpc/src/routers/auth.ts
index ea4d7f8d..34a9d19c 100644
--- a/packages/trpc/src/routers/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/trpc/src/routers/auth.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ export const authRouter = createTRPCRouter({
     deleteSessionTokenCookie(ctx.setCookie);
     if (ctx.session?.session?.id) {
       await invalidateSession(ctx.session.session.id);
-      await deleteCache(`validateSession:${ctx.session.session.id}`);
     }
   }),
   signInOAuth: publicProcedure
@@ -226,9 +225,7 @@ export const authRouter = createTRPCRouter({
 
       const token = generateSessionToken();
       const session = await createSession(token, user.id);
-      console.log('session', session);
       setSessionTokenCookie(ctx.setCookie, token, session.expiresAt);
-      console.log('ctx.setCookie', ctx.setCookie);
       return {
         type: 'email',
       };
@@ -335,7 +332,6 @@ export const authRouter = createTRPCRouter({
     const session = await validateSessionToken(token);
 
     if (session.session) {
-      await deleteCache(`validateSession:${session.session.id}`);
       // Re-set the cookie with updated expiration
       setSessionTokenCookie(ctx.setCookie, token, session.session.expiresAt);
       return {
diff --git a/packages/trpc/src/trpc.ts b/packages/trpc/src/trpc.ts
index 1ffd2836..788796e7 100644
--- a/packages/trpc/src/trpc.ts
+++ b/packages/trpc/src/trpc.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ const enforceUserIsAuthed = t.middleware(async ({ ctx, next }) => {
 
 // Only used on protected routes
 const enforceAccess = t.middleware(async ({ ctx, next, type, getRawInput }) => {
-  return runWithAlsSession(ctx.session.session?.id, async () => {
+  const sessionId = ctx.session?.session?.id ?? null;
+  return runWithAlsSession(sessionId, async () => {
     const rawInput = await getRawInput();
     if (type === 'mutation' && process.env.DEMO_USER_ID) {
       throw new TRPCError({
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ const loggerMiddleware = t.middleware(
 );
 
 const sessionScopeMiddleware = t.middleware(async ({ ctx, next }) => {
-  const sessionId = ctx.session.session?.id ?? null;
+  const sessionId = ctx.session?.session?.id ?? null;
   return runWithAlsSession(sessionId, async () => {
     return next();
   });