diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 5b0ef5f..30d23a0 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (t *Tmpauth) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error)
 
 			t.DebugLog(fmt.Sprintf("proxying request to mini server: %s", u.String()))
 
-			resp, err := t.miniClient(req)
+			resp, err := t.miniClient(req, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
 			}
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (t *Tmpauth) StartAuth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error)
 		req.Header.Set(HostHeader, r.Host)
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/jwt")
 
-		resp, err := t.miniClient(req)
+		resp, err := t.miniClient(req, 0)
 		if err != nil {
 			return http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("StartAuth on mini server: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (t *Tmpauth) Whomst() (map[string]json.RawMessage, error) {
 
 		req.Header.Set(ConfigIDHeader, t.miniConfigID)
 
-		resp, respErr = t.miniClient(req)
+		resp, respErr = t.miniClient(req, 0)
 	} else {
 		resp, respErr = t.HttpClient.Get("https://" + TmpAuthHost + "/whomst")
 	}
diff --git a/mini.go b/mini.go
index a78a5fa..334a474 100644
--- a/mini.go
+++ b/mini.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package tmpauth
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ func NewMini(config MiniConfig, next CaddyHandleFunc) (*Tmpauth, error) {
 		tmpauth: t,
 	}
 
-	t.miniClient = transport.RoundTrip
+	t.miniClient = transport.Do
 
 	return t, nil
 }
@@ -156,26 +154,18 @@ type MiniTransport struct {
 	tmpauth *Tmpauth
 }
 
-type roundTripDepthKey struct{}
-
-func (t *MiniTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	depthRaw := req.Context().Value(roundTripDepthKey{})
-	var depth *int
-	if depthRaw != nil {
-		depth = depthRaw.(*int)
-	}
-
-	if depth != nil && *depth > 10 {
-		return nil, errors.New("mini transport reached maximum reauth depth")
-	}
+func (t *MiniTransport) Do(req *http.Request, depth int) (*http.Response, error) {
+	var body []byte
+	if req.Body != nil {
+		var err error
+		body, err = io.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("mini transport read body: %w", err)
+		}
 
-	body, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mini transport read body: %w", err)
+		req.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
 	}
 
-	req.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
-
 	resp, err := t.base.RoundTrip(req)
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusPreconditionFailed {
 		// our config ID is wrong
@@ -184,17 +174,10 @@ func (t *MiniTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("tmpauth: mini server reauth failed %w", err)
 		}
 
-		ctx := req.Context()
-
-		if depth != nil {
-			*depth++
-		} else {
-			one := 1
-			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, roundTripDepthKey{}, &one)
+		if body != nil {
+			req.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
 		}
-
-		req.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
-		return t.RoundTrip(req.WithContext(ctx))
+		return t.Do(req, depth+1)
 	}
 
 	return resp, err
diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index 547a1a0..6a3332b 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type Tmpauth struct {
 	miniServerHost string
 	miniConfigID   string
 	miniConfigJSON []byte
-	miniClient     func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+	miniClient     func(req *http.Request, depth int) (*http.Response, error)
 
 	done     chan struct{}
 	doneOnce sync.Once
diff --git a/token.go b/token.go
index 6415ee2..365ec29 100644
--- a/token.go
+++ b/token.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (t *Tmpauth) ParseWrappedAuthJWT(tokenStr string) (*CachedToken, error) {
 		req.Header.Set(ConfigIDHeader, t.miniConfigID)
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/jwt")
 
-		resp, err := t.miniClient(req)
+		resp, err := t.miniClient(req, 0)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ParseWrappedAuthJWT on mini server: %w", err)
 		}