diff --git a/app/api/auth.ts b/app/api/auth.ts
index 6703b64bd..86ec5a4d5 100644
--- a/app/api/auth.ts
+++ b/app/api/auth.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ function parseApiKey(bearToken: string) {
 }
 
 export function auth(req: NextRequest, modelProvider: ModelProvider) {
-  const authToken = req.headers.get("Authorization") ?? "";
+  const authToken =
+    req.headers.get("Authorization") ?? req.headers.get("x-api-key") ?? "";
 
   // check if it is openai api key or user token
   const { accessCode, apiKey } = parseApiKey(authToken);