diff --git a/exceptions.py b/exceptions.py
index 0e56d57..fe5aab7 100644
--- a/exceptions.py
+++ b/exceptions.py
@@ -1,17 +1,2 @@
-from fastapi import Request, status
-from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
-
-
 class NoProjectMembershipException(Exception):
     pass
-
-
-# pylint: disable=unused-argument
-async def no_project_membership_exception_handler(
-    request: Request,
-    exc: NoProjectMembershipException,
-):
-    return JSONResponse(
-        status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
-        content={"detail": "User does not have access to this project"},
-    )
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 608e3fb..a24b28f 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import os
 
 import sentry_sdk
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, status
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 
 from api import config, connect, data, deployments, hdf5, infra, vms
-from exceptions import (
-    NoProjectMembershipException,
-    no_project_membership_exception_handler,
-)
+from exceptions import NoProjectMembershipException
+
 
 sentry_sdk.init(
     dsn=os.getenv("SENTRY_DSN"),
@@ -18,10 +17,6 @@
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
-app.add_exception_handler(
-    NoProjectMembershipException, no_project_membership_exception_handler
-)
-
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
     allow_origins=os.getenv("CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGIN", "").split(" "),
@@ -37,3 +32,15 @@
 app.include_router(config.router)
 app.include_router(infra.router)
 app.include_router(hdf5.router)
+
+
+@app.exception_handler(NoProjectMembershipException)
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+async def no_project_membership_exception_handler(
+    request: Request,
+    exc: NoProjectMembershipException,
+):
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+        content={"detail": "User does not have access to this project"},
+    )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b26b4b0..440c9a9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ azure-storage-file==2.1.0
 black==23.12.1
 h5grove @ git+https://github.com/wiwski/h5grove.git@feature/filepath-resolver
 httpx==0.27.0
-fastapi==0.100.0 
+fastapi==0.110.1 
 isort==5.13.2 
 mypy==1.0.1
 pydantic-settings==2.2.1