diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 99f573a..c92ca08 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ services:
       backend:latest
     environment:
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
+      - GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=truevoice-ff4da
   postgres:
     container_name: postgres
     image: postgres
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c985e42..e5e3379 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 fastapi[standard]
 psycopg2
 scikit-learn
-openai
\ No newline at end of file
+openai
+firebase_admin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/handlers/firebase_api_validation_middleware.py b/src/handlers/firebase_api_validation_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d56d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/firebase_api_validation_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, HTTPException
+from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+from firebase_admin import app_check
+import jwt
+
+class FirebaseValidationMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
+        app_check_token = request.headers.get("X-Firebase-AppCheck")
+        
+        try:
+            if not app_check_token:
+                raise ValueError("X-Firebase-AppCheck token is missing")
+
+            app_check_claims = app_check.verify_token(app_check_token)
+            
+        except (ValueError, jwt.exceptions.DecodeError) as ex:
+            print(str(ex))
+            return PlainTextResponse(status_code=401, content="Firebase validation failed.")
+
+        response = await call_next(request)
+        return response
+
+
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index ec7ef5c..5f92e94 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from typing import List
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+import firebase_admin
 from typing import Union
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Header, Request
 from src.ai.tv_ai_api import Comment
+from src.handlers.firebase_api_validation_middleware import FirebaseValidationMiddleware
 from src.handlers.response_models import ActivityTopicResponse, CommentResponse, TopicResponse
 from src.handlers.comment_handler import approve_comment_handler, create_comment_handler, get_pending_comments_handler, reject_comment_handler
 from src.handlers.request_models import CommentRequest, SessionIdsActivityRequest, SessionIdsTopicsRequest, TopicRequest, VoteRequest
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@
 app = FastAPI()
 
 
+firebase_app = firebase_admin.initialize_app()
+
 # Specify allowed origins
 origins = [
     "http://localhost",  # Allow requests from localhost
@@ -30,6 +34,10 @@
     allow_headers=["*"],     # Allow all headers
 )
 
+app.add_middleware(
+    FirebaseValidationMiddleware
+)
+
 @app.post("/topic")
 def create_topic(request: TopicRequest, authorization: Union[str, None] = Header(default=None)) -> TopicResponse:
     return create_topic_handler(request, authorization)