diff --git a/cmd/web/middleware.go b/cmd/web/middleware.go
index 1d122e5..6049553 100644
--- a/cmd/web/middleware.go
+++ b/cmd/web/middleware.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import (
 
 // Middleware is a slice of Middleware (aka func(n http.Handler) http.Handler {})
 var Middleware []func(next http.Handler) http.Handler = []func(next http.Handler) http.Handler{
+	// chi's recommended list
+	middleware.RequestID,
+	middleware.RealIP,
+	// plus custom request logger
 	func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			app.Logger.Info("REQUEST", "url", r.URL, "ip", r.RemoteAddr, "useragent", r.UserAgent())