diff --git a/wish-server/.gitignore b/wish-server/.gitignore
index 4523c5d..9a6e7ce 100644
--- a/wish-server/.gitignore
+++ b/wish-server/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /streams.db
+/wish-server
diff --git a/wish-server/main.go b/wish-server/main.go
index be9612a..0a8728b 100644
--- a/wish-server/main.go
+++ b/wish-server/main.go
@@ -133,10 +133,13 @@ func HandleWHIP(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		logHTTPError(res, "Authorization was not set", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
-
 	streamName, streamPassword, _ := strings.Cut(authorization, ":")
-	if err := db.QueryRow("SELECT * FROM streams WHERE stream = ? AND password = ?", streamName, streamPassword).Scan(); err != nil {
-		logHTTPError(res, "Invalid stream authorization", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+	streamName, _ = strings.CutPrefix(strings.ToLower(streamName), "bearer ")
+
+	var qN string
+	var qP string
+	if err := db.QueryRow("SELECT * FROM streams WHERE stream = ? AND password = ?", streamName, streamPassword).Scan(&qN, &qP); err != nil {
+		logHTTPError(res, "Invalid stream authorization for: "+streamName+" - "+err.Error(), http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return
 	}