diff --git a/routes/liveCaptions.js b/routes/liveCaptions.js
index 3751b64..6936849 100644
--- a/routes/liveCaptions.js
+++ b/routes/liveCaptions.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const maybeResetForInactivity = () => {
     resetLiveCaptionState();
 };
 
-router.get("/stream", sessionChecker, async (req, res) => {
+router.get("/stream", async (req, res) => {
     try {
         maybeResetForInactivity();
         const sinceSequence = Number.parseInt(req.query?.sinceSequence, 10);