diff --git a/lib/chitragupta.rb b/lib/chitragupta.rb
index ec323e4..b180dc6 100644
--- a/lib/chitragupta.rb
+++ b/lib/chitragupta.rb
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ def configure_app(app)
       config.log_formatter = JsonLogFormatter.new if Chitragupta::Util.called_as_rails_server? || Chitragupta::Util.called_as_rake? || Chitragupta::Util.called_as_sidekiq?
       if Chitragupta::Util.called_as_rails_server?
         require "chitragupta/request_log_formatter"
+        require "chitragupta/middleware"
         config.lograge.enabled = true
         config.lograge.formatter = RequestLogFormatter::FORMAT
+        config.middleware.insert_after ActionDispatch::RequestId, Chitragupta::Middleware
       end
 
       # setting the log_tags to empty array to ensure that the message being generated does not contain the unwanted tags
diff --git a/lib/chitragupta/middleware.rb b/lib/chitragupta/middleware.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18e6f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/chitragupta/middleware.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Chitragupta
+  class Middleware
+    def initialize(app)
+      @app = app
+    end
+
+    def call(env)
+      Chitragupta.payload = {}
+      @app.call(env)
+    end
+  end
+end