diff --git a/middleware.js b/middleware.js
index 3c6f06b..897fe61 100644
--- a/middleware.js
+++ b/middleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { hasUnconfirmedTransactions } = require("./chia/wallet");
 
-export const assertNoPendingTransactions = async (req, res, next) => {
+const assertNoPendingTransactions = async (req, res, next) => {
   const hasPendingTransactions = await hasUnconfirmedTransactions();
 
   if (hasPendingTransactions) {
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ export const assertNoPendingTransactions = async (req, res, next) => {
 
   next();
 };
+
+module.exports = { assertNoPendingTransactions };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3df98fe..99f7af7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "climate-tokenization-engine",
-  "version": "1.3.8",
+  "version": "1.3.9",
   "bin": "./server.js",
   "description": "",
   "main": "proxy.js",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 402404c..ecaee4c 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const cors = require("cors");
 const os = require("os");
 const formData = require("express-form-data");
 const scheduler = require("./tasks");
-const { assertNoPendingTransactions } = require("./middleware");
 
 const { getHomeOrgUid } = require("./utils/coreRegApi");
 
@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ const confirmTokenCreationWithTransactionId = async (
   return false;
 };
 
-app.post("/tokenize", validator.body(tokenizeUnitSchema), assertNoPendingTransactions(), async (req, res) => {
+app.post("/tokenize", validator.body(tokenizeUnitSchema), async (req, res) => {
   try {
     console.log({
       token: {