diff --git a/cmd/web/routes.go b/cmd/web/routes.go
index 99c4dce..79731d8 100644
--- a/cmd/web/routes.go
+++ b/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
-import "net/http"
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/justinas/alice"
+)
 
 func (app *application) routes() http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
@@ -12,5 +16,7 @@ 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/go.mod b/go.mod
index 561c8fa..4bb10f7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ go 1.25.0
 require (
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4bcdcfa..8055725 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 h1:FNf4tywRC1HmFuKW5xopWpigGjJKiJSV0Cqo0cJWDaA=
 filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BxyFTGdWcka3PhytdK4V28tE5sGfRvvvRV7EaN4VDT4=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.9.3 h1:U/N249h2WzJ3Ukj8SowVFjdtZKfu9vlLZxjPXV1aweo=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.9.3/go.mod h1:qn46aNg1333BRMNU69Lq93t8du/dwxI64Gl8i5p1WMU=
+github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0 h1:+MHSA/vccVCF4Uq37S42jwlkvI2Xzl7zTPCN5BnZNVo=
+github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fN5HRH/reO/zrUflLfTN43t3vXvKzvZIENsNEe7i7qA=