diff --git a/pkg/gordio/auth/jwt.go b/pkg/gordio/auth/jwt.go
index 0ea4087..710f4fc 100644
--- a/pkg/gordio/auth/jwt.go
+++ b/pkg/gordio/auth/jwt.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type jwtAuth interface {
 	AuthMiddleware() func(http.Handler) http.Handler
 
 	// InstallRoutes installs the auth route to the provided chi Router.
-	Routes() chi.Router
+	PublicRoutes(chi.Router)
 }
 
 type claims map[string]interface{}
@@ -89,11 +89,8 @@ func (a *authenticator) newToken(uid int32) string {
 	return tokenString
 }
 
-func (a *authenticator) Routes() chi.Router {
-	r := chi.NewRouter()
+func (a *authenticator) PublicRoutes(r chi.Router) {
 	r.Post("/auth", a.routeAuth)
-
-	return r
 }
 
 func (a *authenticator) routeAuth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go b/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go
index 71d059c..40180e8 100644
--- a/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 		r.Use(rateLimiter())
 		r.Use(render.SetContentType(render.ContentTypeJSON))
 		// public routes
-		r.Mount("/", s.auth.Routes())
-		r.Mount("/", s.sources.PublicRoutes())
+		s.auth.PublicRoutes(r)
+		s.sources.PublicRoutes(r)
 	})
 
 	r.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
diff --git a/pkg/gordio/sources/source.go b/pkg/gordio/sources/source.go
index 63d4dae..3390adc 100644
--- a/pkg/gordio/sources/source.go
+++ b/pkg/gordio/sources/source.go
@@ -26,15 +26,12 @@ func (s *Sources) Register(name string, src Source) {
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *Sources) PublicRoutes() chi.Router {
-	r := chi.NewRouter()
+func (s *Sources) PublicRoutes(r chi.Router) {
 	for _, si := range *s {
 		if rs, ok := si.Source.(PublicRouteSource); ok {
 			rs.InstallPublicRoutes(r)
 		}
 	}
-
-	return r
 }
 
 type Ingestor interface {