diff --git a/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql b/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql
index 5f73804..ac200ce 100644
--- a/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql
+++ b/migration/src/refactor_platform_rs.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
--- SQL dump generated using DBML (dbml-lang.org)
+-- SQL dump generated using DBML (dbml.dbdiagram.io)
 -- Database: PostgreSQL
--- Generated at: 2024-10-31T16:04:10.825Z
+-- Generated at: 2024-12-03T17:35:25.615Z
 
 
 CREATE TYPE "status" AS ENUM (
diff --git a/web/src/protect/coaching_relationships.rs b/web/src/protect/coaching_relationships.rs
index 6fb8056..57d078a 100644
--- a/web/src/protect/coaching_relationships.rs
+++ b/web/src/protect/coaching_relationships.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
-use axum::extract::Request;
-use entity_api::user::AuthSession;
+use crate::{extractors::authenticated_user::AuthenticatedUser, AppState};
+use axum::{
+    extract::{Path, Request, State},
+    http::StatusCode,
+    middleware::Next,
+    response::IntoResponse,
+};
 
-struct AuthorizationError {}
+use entity::Id;
+use entity_api::organization;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
-pub(crate) async fn protect(
-    auth_session: AuthSession,
+/// Checks that the organization record referenced by `organization_id`
+/// exists and that the authenticated user is associated with i.t
+///  Intended to be given to axum::middleware::from_fn_with_state in the router
+pub(crate) async fn index(
+    State(app_state): State<AppState>,
+    AuthenticatedUser(user): AuthenticatedUser,
+    Path(organization_id): Path<Id>,
     request: Request,
-) -> Result<Request, AuthorizationError> {
-    // here we have access to the current user (actor) making the request
-    // as well as the request itself (from which we can determine which resource is being acted upon).
-    // We can use both pieces of information to determine if the actor is allowed to operate on the resource.
-    Ok(request)
+    next: Next,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    let user_organization_ids = organization::find_by_user(app_state.db_conn_ref(), user.id)
+        .await
+        .unwrap_or(vec![])
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|org| org.id)
+        .collect::<HashSet<Id>>();
+    if user_organization_ids.contains(&organization_id) {
+        next.run(request).await
+    } else {
+        (StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED, "UNAUTHORIZED").into_response()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/web/src/protect/mod.rs b/web/src/protect/mod.rs
index b317515..366f546 100644
--- a/web/src/protect/mod.rs
+++ b/web/src/protect/mod.rs
@@ -1,22 +1 @@
 pub(crate) mod coaching_relationships;
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! protected_resource {
-    ($protect:expr, $alternative:expr) => {{
-        use axum::{
-            extract::Request,
-            middleware::{from_fn, Next},
-            response::IntoResponse,
-        };
-        use entity_api::user::AuthSession;
-
-        from_fn(
-            |auth_session: AuthSession, req: Request, next: Next| async move {
-                match $protect(auth_session, req).await {
-                    Ok(req) => next.run(req).await,
-                    Err(_) => $alternative.into_response(),
-                }
-            },
-        )
-    }};
-}
diff --git a/web/src/router.rs b/web/src/router.rs
index ac2eb36..4b30195 100644
--- a/web/src/router.rs
+++ b/web/src/router.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{protected_resource, AppState};
+use crate::{protect, AppState};
 use axum::{
-    http::StatusCode,
+    middleware::from_fn_with_state,
     routing::{delete, get, post, put},
     Router,
 };
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ use crate::controller::{
     user_session_controller,
 };
 
-use crate::protect::coaching_relationships;
-
 use utoipa::{
     openapi::security::{ApiKey, ApiKeyValue, SecurityScheme},
     Modify, OpenApi,
@@ -178,15 +176,15 @@ fn organization_coaching_relationship_routes(app_state: AppState) -> Router {
             "/organizations/:organization_id/coaching_relationships",
             get(organization::coaching_relationship_controller::index),
         )
+        .route_layer(from_fn_with_state(
+            app_state.clone(),
+            protect::coaching_relationships::index,
+        ))
         .route(
             "/organizations/:organization_id/coaching_relationships/:relationship_id",
             get(organization::coaching_relationship_controller::read),
         )
         .route_layer(login_required!(Backend, login_url = "/login"))
-        .route_layer(protected_resource!(
-            coaching_relationships::protect,
-            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED
-        ))
         .with_state(app_state)
 }