diff --git a/controllers/rest/global_initializers.go b/controllers/rest/global_initializers.go
index 378b70ee..41d7e879 100644
--- a/controllers/rest/global_initializers.go
+++ b/controllers/rest/global_initializers.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package rest
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi3"
 	weosContext "github.com/wepala/weos/context"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -10,10 +11,16 @@ import (
 func Security(ctxt context.Context, api *RESTAPI, swagger *openapi3.Swagger) (context.Context, error) {
 	middlewares := GetOperationMiddlewares(ctxt)
 	found := false
-	for _, scheme := range swagger.Components.SecuritySchemes {
+	for key, scheme := range swagger.Components.SecuritySchemes {
 		//checks if the security scheme has type openIdConnect
 		if scheme.Value.Type == "openIdConnect" {
-			found = true
+			for _, security := range swagger.Security {
+				if security[key] != nil {
+					found = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
 		}
 	}
 	if found {
@@ -21,6 +28,9 @@ func Security(ctxt context.Context, api *RESTAPI, swagger *openapi3.Swagger) (co
 			middlewares = append(middlewares, middleware)
 		}
 		ctxt = context.WithValue(ctxt, weosContext.MIDDLEWARES, middlewares)
+	} else {
+		api.EchoInstance().Logger.Errorf("unexpected error: security defined does not match any security schemes")
+		return ctxt, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error: security defined does not match any security schemes")
 	}
 	return ctxt, nil
 }
diff --git a/end2end_test.go b/end2end_test.go
index 08cae2b4..b1f9a71b 100644
--- a/end2end_test.go
+++ b/end2end_test.go
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func theSpecificationIsParsed(arg1 string) error {
 	openAPI = fmt.Sprintf(openAPI, dbconfig.Database, dbconfig.Driver, dbconfig.Host, dbconfig.Password, dbconfig.User, dbconfig.Port)
 	tapi, err := api.New(openAPI)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		errs = err
 	}
 	tapi.DB = db
 	API = *tapi
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ func theSpecificationIsParsed(arg1 string) error {
 	e.Logger.SetOutput(&buf)
 	err = API.Initialize(scenarioContext)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		errs = err
 	}
 	proj, err := API.GetProjection("Default")
 	if err == nil {
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func theSpecificationIsParsed(arg1 string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		errs = err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ func TestBDD(t *testing.T) {
 		Options: &godog.Options{
 			Format: "pretty",
 			Tags:   "~long && ~skipped",
-			//Tags: "focus1",
+			//Tags: "WEOS-1343",
 			//Tags: "WEOS-1110 && ~skipped",
 		},
 	}.Run()
diff --git a/features/security-schemes.feature b/features/security-schemes.feature
index 5afff854..7052398a 100644
--- a/features/security-schemes.feature
+++ b/features/security-schemes.feature
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ Feature: Use OpenAPI Security Scheme to protect endpoints
           Auth0:
             type: openIdConnect
             openIdConnectUrl: https://dev-bhjqt6zc.us.auth0.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
+            skipExpiryCheck: true
         schemas:
           Blog:
              type: object
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ Feature: Use OpenAPI Security Scheme to protect endpoints
                 description: Invalid Category submitted
      """
     When the "OpenAPI 3.0" specification is parsed
-    Then an error to be returned
+    Then an error should be returned
 
   Scenario: Request with missing required scope