diff --git a/backend/app/dependencies.py b/backend/app/dependencies.py
index 07fa3c00..45650d1f 100644
--- a/backend/app/dependencies.py
+++ b/backend/app/dependencies.py
@@ -94,3 +94,12 @@ def validate_jwt_token(token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme)):
     except JWTError:
         logger.error("An error occurred while decoding the JWT token.")
         raise credentials_exception
+
+
+async def validate_token(token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme), request: Request = None):
+    token_data = validate_jwt_token(token)
+    if not token_data:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail="Could not validate credentials"
+        )
+    return token