diff --git a/jwt-opa/build.gradle b/jwt-opa/build.gradle
index 4104a97..2d046d4 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/build.gradle
+++ b/jwt-opa/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ext {
 }
 
 group 'com.alertavert'
-version '0.10.0'
+version '0.11.0'
 
 // OpenJDK 17 LTS is the only Java version supported
 sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/Constants.java b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/Constants.java
index a3ea215..545d626 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/Constants.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/Constants.java
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ public Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities() {
     @Override public boolean isCredentialsNonExpired() {return false;}
     @Override public boolean isEnabled() {return false;}
   };
-  public static final int MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG = 6;
   public static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
   public static final String PEM_EXT = ".pem";
   public static final String PUB_EXT = ".pub";
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/ApiTokenAuthenticationFactory.java b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/ApiTokenAuthenticationFactory.java
index b40e77c..3ddbcea 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/ApiTokenAuthenticationFactory.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/ApiTokenAuthenticationFactory.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import com.auth0.jwt.exceptions.JWTVerificationException;
 import com.auth0.jwt.interfaces.DecodedJWT;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG;
-
 /**
  * <h2>ApiTokenAuthenticationFactory</h2>
  *
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ public ApiTokenAuthenticationFactory(JwtTokenProvider provider) {
    *                  grant with the {@link JwtTokenProvider#ROLES} carried by the JWT.
    */
   public Mono<Authentication> createAuthentication(String token) {
-    log.debug("Authenticating token {}...", token.substring(0, Math.min(MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG, token.length())));
+    log.debug("Authenticating token {}", JwtTokenProvider.maskToken(token));
     try {
       DecodedJWT jwt = provider.decode(token);
       List<? extends GrantedAuthority> authorities = AuthorityUtils.createAuthorityList(
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/JwtTokenProvider.java b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/JwtTokenProvider.java
index 3be90f3..b64a457 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/JwtTokenProvider.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/jwt/JwtTokenProvider.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import com.auth0.jwt.interfaces.DecodedJWT;
 import com.auth0.jwt.interfaces.JWTVerifier;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
@@ -51,14 +50,38 @@
 @Component
 @Slf4j
 public class JwtTokenProvider {
-
   public static final String ROLES = "roles";
+  private static final String MASK = "****";
+  private static final int MASKED_TOKEN_LEN = 12;
+
+  private final Algorithm hmac;
+  private final TokensProperties tokensProperties;
 
-  @Autowired
-  Algorithm hmac;
+  public JwtTokenProvider(Algorithm hmac, TokensProperties tokensProperties) {
+    this.hmac = hmac;
+    this.tokensProperties = tokensProperties;
+  }
 
-  @Autowired
-  TokensProperties tokensProperties;
+  /**
+   * This method takes an API Token and masks it by replacing the middle part with {@link #MASK},
+   * and the first and last characters of the token, so that the total length is
+   * {@link #MASKED_TOKEN_LEN}.
+   *
+   * @param token the API Token to mask
+   * @return a masked version of the token
+   */
+  public static String maskToken(String token) {
+    if (token == null) {
+      return "";
+    }
+    var totLen = Math.min(token.length(), MASKED_TOKEN_LEN);
+    if (totLen <= MASK.length()) {
+      return MASK;
+    }
+    int prefixLen = Math.max((totLen - MASK.length()) / 2, 1);
+    return token.substring(0, prefixLen) + MASK
+        + token.substring(token.length() - prefixLen);
+  }
 
   public JWTVerifier verifier() {
     return JWT.require(hmac)
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManager.java b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManager.java
index b09ad22..6e5730c 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManager.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManager.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class OpaReactiveAuthorizationManager
 
   @PostConstruct
   private void info() {
-    log.info("Configured Headers, headers = {}", requiredHeaders);
+    log.info("Configured headers = {}", requiredHeaders);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -142,22 +142,20 @@ private TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest makeRequestBody(
   ) {
     Map<String, String> authnHeaders = new HashMap<>();
     HttpHeaders requestHeaders = request.getHeaders();
-    log.debug("Adding headers, request = {}, required = {}", requestHeaders,
+    log.debug("Adding headers, request = {}, required = {}", requestHeaders.keySet(),
         requiredHeaders);
-    if (requestHeaders != null) {
-      requiredHeaders.forEach(key -> {
-        var value = requestHeaders.getFirst(key);
-        if (value != null) {
-          authnHeaders.put(key, value);
-        }
-      });
-    }
+    requiredHeaders.forEach(key -> {
+      var value = requestHeaders.getFirst(key);
+      if (value != null) {
+        authnHeaders.put(key, value);
+      }
+    });
 
     String token = Objects.requireNonNull(credentials).toString();
     return TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.builder()
         .input(new TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.AuthRequestBody(token,
                 new TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.Resource(
-                    request.getMethodValue(),
+                    request.getMethod().name(),
                     request.getPath().toString(),
                     authnHeaders
                 )
@@ -165,14 +163,4 @@ private TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest makeRequestBody(
         )
         .build();
   }
-
-  private WebClientResponseException unauthorized() {
-    return WebClientResponseException.create(
-        HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.value(),
-        HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.getReasonPhrase(),
-        null,
-        USER_NOT_AUTHORIZED.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
-        StandardCharsets.UTF_8
-    );
-  }
 }
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.java b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.java
index 4541905..f5f623c 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.java
@@ -18,16 +18,24 @@
 
 package com.alertavert.opa.security;
 
+import com.alertavert.opa.jwt.JwtTokenProvider;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.FormatFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.PrettyPrinter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultPrettyPrinter;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Value;
 import lombok.extern.jackson.Jacksonized;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 
+import java.util.Formattable;
+import java.util.Formatter;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.MAPPER;
-import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG;
 
 
 /**
@@ -40,17 +48,17 @@
  * "input"} object, we use this class to simplify the construction of the JSON body.
  *
  // {{ formatter:off }}
-    <pre>
-      {
-        "input": {
-            "api_token": ".... API Token Base-64 encoded ...",
-            "resource": {
-                "method": "POST",
-                "path": "/path/to/resource"
-           }
-        }
-      }
-    </pre>
+ <pre>
+ {
+ "input": {
+ "api_token": ".... API Token Base-64 encoded ...",
+ "resource": {
+ "method": "POST",
+ "path": "/path/to/resource"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ </pre>
  // {{ formatter:on }}
  *
  * <p>When serializing to String (e.g., in debug logs output) the API Token (JWT) is obfuscated
@@ -62,30 +70,43 @@
 @Value
 @Builder
 @Jacksonized
+@Slf4j
 public class TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest {
 
   public record Resource(String method, String path, Map<String, ?> headers) {
   }
 
-  public record AuthRequestBody(@JsonProperty("api_token") String token, Resource resource) {
+  public record AuthRequestBody(@JsonProperty("api_token") String token,
+                                Resource resource) implements Formattable {
+
+    private static final PrettyPrinter PRETTY_PRINTER = new DefaultPrettyPrinter()
+        .withoutSpacesInObjectEntries();
+
+    @Override
+    public void formatTo(Formatter formatter, int flags, int width, int precision) {
+      // Creates a new Map with all the headers, excluding the Authorization one.
+      Map<String, ?> maskedHeaders = resource.headers().entrySet().stream()
+          .filter(e -> !e.getKey().equalsIgnoreCase(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION))
+          .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
+      try {
+        AuthRequestBody copy = new AuthRequestBody(JwtTokenProvider.maskToken(token),
+            new Resource(resource.method(), resource.path(), maskedHeaders));
+        formatter.format("%s", MAPPER.writer().with(PRETTY_PRINTER)
+            .writeValueAsString(copy));
+      } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+        formatter.format("invalid JSON: %s", e.getMessage());
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   AuthRequestBody input;
 
   @Override
   public String toString() {
-    try {
-      String token = "";
-      if (input.token.length() > 2 * MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG) {
-        token = input.token.substring(0, MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG) + "****" +
-            input.token.substring(input.token.length() - MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG);
-      }
-      TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest copy = TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.builder()
-          .input(new AuthRequestBody(token, input.resource))
-          .build();
-      return MAPPER.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(copy);
-    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
+    return String.format("""
+        {
+          "input": %s
+        }
+        """, input);
   }
 }
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManagerTest.java b/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManagerTest.java
index 3deb69d..6b4fa9d 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManagerTest.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/OpaReactiveAuthorizationManagerTest.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void check() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void checkUnauthorizedFails() {
+  void checkUnauthorizedFails() {
     Authentication auth = factory.createAuthentication(
         provider.createToken("alice", Lists.list("USER"))
     ).block();
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public void checkUnauthorizedFails() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void checkUnauthenticatedFails() {
+  void checkUnauthenticatedFails() {
     Authentication auth = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("bob", "pass");
 
     // As this endpoint is not mapped in `routes` (application-test.yaml) it expects by default
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ private AuthorizationContext getAuthorizationContextWithHeaders(
     ServerHttpRequest request = mock(ServerHttpRequest.class);
     RequestPath requestPath = mock(RequestPath.class);
 
-    when(request.getMethodValue()).thenReturn(method.name());
+    when(request.getMethod()).thenReturn(method);
     when(request.getPath()).thenReturn(requestPath);
     when(requestPath.toString()).thenReturn(path);
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ private AuthorizationContext getAuthorizationContextWithHeaders(
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void authenticatedEndpointBypassesOpa() {
+  void authenticatedEndpointBypassesOpa() {
     AuthorizationContext context = getAuthorizationContext(HttpMethod.GET, "/testauth");
     assertThat(opaReactiveAuthorizationManager.check(
             factory.createAuthentication(
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public void authenticatedEndpointBypassesOpa() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void authenticatedEndpointMatches() {
+  void authenticatedEndpointMatches() {
     // In the test configuration (application-test.yaml) we have configured the following
     // path matchers: ["/match/*/this", "/match/any/**"].
     // Here we test that an authenticated user gains access to them without needing authorization.
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public void authenticatedEndpointMatches() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testHeaders() {
+  void testHeaders() {
     AuthorizationContext context = getAuthorizationContextWithHeaders(HttpMethod.GET, "/whatever",
         Map.of("x-test-header", "test-value", HttpHeaders.USER_AGENT, "TestAgent"));
     assertThat(opaReactiveAuthorizationManager.check(
diff --git a/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequestTest.java b/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequestTest.java
index 48b1a37..d0100eb 100644
--- a/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequestTest.java
+++ b/jwt-opa/src/test/java/com/alertavert/opa/security/TokenBasedAuthorizationRequestTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.MAPPER;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.hasJsonPath;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 
 class TokenBasedAuthorizationRequestTest {
 
@@ -48,15 +50,18 @@ void serialize() throws Exception {
   @Test
   void obfuscatesJwt() {
     TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest request = TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.builder()
-        .input(new AuthRequestBody("tokenAAjwtDEF123456.anothertoken.yetanothertoken",
+        .input(new AuthRequestBody("AAjwtDEF123456.ZZZfere43535.yYYYY98764awarkfajser",
             new TokenBasedAuthorizationRequest.Resource("POST", "/foo/bar", Map.of()))
         )
         .build();
-    String json = request.toString();
-
-    assertThat(json, hasJsonPath("$.input"));
-    assertThat(json, hasJsonPath("$.input.api_token", equalTo("tokenA****rtoken")));
-    assertThat(json, hasJsonPath("$.input.resource.method", equalTo("POST")));
-    assertThat(json, hasJsonPath("$.input.resource.path", equalTo("/foo/bar")));
+    assertThat(request.toString(), containsString("AAjw****jser"));
+    assertFalse(request.toString().matches(".*AAjwtDEF123456\\.ZZZfere43535\\"
+        + ".yYYYY98764awarkfajser.*"));
+    assertThat(request.toString(), containsString("""
+    "method":"POST",
+    """));
+    assertThat(request.toString(), containsString("""
+        "path":"/foo/bar",
+        """));
   }
 }
diff --git a/webapp-example/build.gradle b/webapp-example/build.gradle
index d79db09..c13259a 100644
--- a/webapp-example/build.gradle
+++ b/webapp-example/build.gradle
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ dependencies {
     // as to emulate an actual project using jwt-opa externally.
     // Uncomment the following line (and comment out the one below) to use the local version
     // while developing.
-    //     implementation project (':jwt-opa')
-    implementation "com.alertavert:jwt-opa:${jwtOpaVersion}"
+         implementation project (':jwt-opa')
+//    implementation "com.alertavert:jwt-opa:${jwtOpaVersion}"
 
     // For the @PostConstruct annotation
     implementation 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2'
diff --git a/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/JwtController.java b/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/JwtController.java
index 6200f7e..680691e 100644
--- a/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/JwtController.java
+++ b/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/JwtController.java
@@ -19,15 +19,9 @@
 package com.alertavert.opademo.api;
 
 import com.alertavert.opa.jwt.JwtTokenProvider;
-import com.alertavert.opa.security.crypto.KeypairReader;
 import com.alertavert.opademo.data.ReactiveUsersRepository;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Data;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.extern.jackson.Jacksonized;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
@@ -36,13 +30,11 @@
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-import java.security.KeyPair;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.API_TOKEN;
 import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.BEARER_TOKEN;
-import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG;
 
 @Slf4j
 @RestController
@@ -69,8 +61,8 @@ public Mono<ResponseEntity<ApiToken>> getToken(@PathVariable String user) {
         })
         .map(ResponseEntity::ok)
         .doOnSuccess(response -> log.debug(
-            "API Token successfully created, user = {}, token = {}...", user,
-            Objects.requireNonNull(response.getBody()).apiToken.substring(0, MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG)))
+            "API Token successfully created, user = {}, token = {}", user,
+            JwtTokenProvider.maskToken(Objects.requireNonNull(response.getBody()).apiToken)))
         .onErrorReturn(Exception.class, ResponseEntity.badRequest().build());
   }
 
diff --git a/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/LoginController.java b/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/LoginController.java
index cb09e5b..8a4611b 100644
--- a/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/LoginController.java
+++ b/webapp-example/src/main/java/com/alertavert/opademo/api/LoginController.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.BASIC_AUTH;
-import static com.alertavert.opa.Constants.MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG;
 
 /**
  * <h2>LoginController</h2>
@@ -77,8 +76,9 @@ Mono<JwtController.ApiToken> login(
           return new JwtController.ApiToken(u.getUsername(), u.roles(), token);
         })
         .doOnNext(apiToken ->
-            log.debug("User authenticated, user = {}, token = {}...",
-                apiToken.username(), apiToken.apiToken().substring(0, MAX_TOKEN_LEN_LOG)));
+            log.debug("User authenticated, user = {}, token = {}",
+                apiToken.username(),
+                JwtTokenProvider.maskToken(apiToken.apiToken())));
   }
 
   @GetMapping("/reset/{username}")
diff --git a/webapp-example/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/webapp-example/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 3150964..d65f3d2 100644
--- a/webapp-example/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/webapp-example/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ opa:
 #
 # NOTE: this is a quirk of Spring Boot: configure this with a comma-separated list
 #       NOT a YAML array, as that will NOT work as expected.
-  headers: x-demoapp-auth, Accept-Encoding
+  headers: x-demoapp-auth, Accept-Encoding, Authorization
 
 db:
   server: localhost