diff --git a/backend/src/api/routes/swagger.ts b/backend/src/api/routes/swagger.ts
index c1675f538..43e857d77 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/routes/swagger.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/routes/swagger.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import swaggerStats from "swagger-stats";
 import swaggerUi from "swagger-ui-express";
 import publicSwaggerSpec from "../../documentation/public-swagger.json";
 import internalSwaggerSpec from "../../documentation/internal-swagger.json";
-import { recordRequestCountry } from "../../utils/prometheus";
 
 const SWAGGER_UI_OPTIONS = {
   customCss: ".swagger-ui .topbar { display: none } .try-out { display: none }",
@@ -33,14 +32,6 @@ function addSwaggerMiddlewares(app: Application): void {
     swaggerUi.serve,
     swaggerUi.setup(publicSwaggerSpec, SWAGGER_UI_OPTIONS)
   );
-
-  app.use((req, res, next) => {
-    const country = req.headers["cf-ipcountry"] as string;
-    if (country) {
-      recordRequestCountry(country, req as MonkeyTypes.Request);
-    }
-    next();
-  });
 }
 
 export default addSwaggerMiddlewares;
diff --git a/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts b/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts
index d362ddd24..f1b696946 100644
--- a/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middlewares/auth.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import { verifyIdToken } from "../utils/auth";
 import { base64UrlDecode } from "../utils/misc";
 import { NextFunction, Response, Handler } from "express";
 import statuses from "../constants/monkey-status-codes";
-import { incrementAuth, recordAuthTime } from "../utils/prometheus";
+import {
+  incrementAuth,
+  recordAuthTime,
+  recordRequestCountry,
+} from "../utils/prometheus";
 import { performance } from "perf_hooks";
 
 interface RequestAuthenticationOptions {
@@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ function authenticateRequest(authOptions = DEFAULT_OPTIONS): Handler {
       req
     );
 
+    const country = req.headers["cf-ipcountry"] as string;
+    if (country) {
+      recordRequestCountry(country, req as MonkeyTypes.Request);
+    }
+
     next();
   };
 }