diff --git a/internal/web/request_accept.go b/internal/web/request_accept.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 07ddf30..0000000
--- a/internal/web/request_accept.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package web
-
-import "net/http"
-
-func accept(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request, contentTypes ...string) bool {
-	contentType := request.Header.Get("Content-Type")
-	for _, accepted := range contentTypes {
-		if contentType == accepted {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	writeString(writer, http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType, "unsupported media type")
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/internal/web/server.go b/internal/web/server.go
index f4f244b..b52846c 100644
--- a/internal/web/server.go
+++ b/internal/web/server.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package web
 import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/lus/pasty/internal/meta"
 	"github.com/lus/pasty/internal/pastes"
 	"github.com/lus/pasty/internal/reports"
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ func (server *Server) Start() error {
 	// Register the paste API endpoints
 	router.Get("/api/*", router.NotFoundHandler())
 	router.With(server.v2MiddlewareInjectPaste).Get("/api/v2/pastes/{paste_id}", server.v2EndpointGetPaste)
-	router.Post("/api/v2/pastes", server.v2EndpointCreatePaste)
-	router.With(server.v2MiddlewareInjectPaste, server.v2MiddlewareAuthorize).Patch("/api/v2/pastes/{paste_id}", server.v2EndpointModifyPaste)
+	router.With(middleware.AllowContentType("application/json")).Post("/api/v2/pastes", server.v2EndpointCreatePaste)
+	router.With(middleware.AllowContentType("application/json"), server.v2MiddlewareInjectPaste, server.v2MiddlewareAuthorize).Patch("/api/v2/pastes/{paste_id}", server.v2EndpointModifyPaste)
 	router.With(server.v2MiddlewareInjectPaste, server.v2MiddlewareAuthorize).Delete("/api/v2/pastes/{paste_id}", server.v2EndpointDeletePaste)
 	if server.ReportClient != nil {
-		router.With(server.v2MiddlewareInjectPaste).Post("/api/v2/pastes/{paste_id}/report", server.v2EndpointReportPaste)
+		router.With(middleware.AllowContentType("application/json"), server.v2MiddlewareInjectPaste).Post("/api/v2/pastes/{paste_id}/report", server.v2EndpointReportPaste)
 	}
 	router.Get("/api/v2/info", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 		writeJSONOrErr(request, writer, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
diff --git a/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go b/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go
index b552300..e114043 100644
--- a/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go
+++ b/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ type v2EndpointCreatePastePayload struct {
 
 func (server *Server) v2EndpointCreatePaste(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	// Read, parse and validate the request payload
-	if !accept(writer, request, "application/json") {
-		return
-	}
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErr(request, writer, err)
diff --git a/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go b/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go
index 8a6d1b7..6c58882 100644
--- a/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go
+++ b/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ func (server *Server) v2EndpointModifyPaste(writer http.ResponseWriter, request
 	}
 
 	// Read, parse and validate the request payload
-	if !accept(writer, request, "application/json") {
-		return
-	}
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErr(request, writer, err)
diff --git a/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go b/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go
index 2fb0513..b48f1fc 100644
--- a/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go
+++ b/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ func (server *Server) v2EndpointReportPaste(writer http.ResponseWriter, request
 	}
 
 	// Read, parse and validate the request payload
-	if !accept(writer, request, "application/json") {
-		return
-	}
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErr(request, writer, err)