diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Auth.hs b/src/PostgREST/Auth.hs
index 6f42eafbb..9d8f5f99c 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Auth.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Auth.hs
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ checkPass = (. cs) . validatePassword . cs
 setRole :: Text -> H.Tx P.Postgres s ()
 setRole role = H.unitEx $ B.Stmt ("set local role " <> cs (pgFmtLit role)) V.empty True
 
-resetRole :: H.Tx P.Postgres s ()
-resetRole = H.unitEx [H.stmt|reset role|]
-
 setUserId :: Text -> H.Tx P.Postgres s ()
 setUserId uid = if uid /= "" then
   H.unitEx $ B.Stmt ("set local user_vars.user_id = " <> cs (pgFmtLit uid)) V.empty True
@@ -90,15 +87,15 @@ signInWithJWT secret input = case maybeRole of
       Just (Just (String uid)) -> LoginSuccess (cs role) (cs uid)
       _   -> LoginFailed
     _   -> LoginFailed
-  where 
+  where
     maybeRole = (Data.Map.lookup "role" <$> claims) ::Maybe (Maybe Value)
     maybeUserId = (Data.Map.lookup "id" <$> claims) ::Maybe (Maybe Value)
     claims = JWT.unregisteredClaims <$> JWT.claims <$> decoded
     decoded = JWT.decodeAndVerifySignature (JWT.secret secret) input
-    
+
 tokenJWT :: Text -> Text -> Text -> Text
 tokenJWT secret uid role = JWT.encodeSigned JWT.HS256 (JWT.secret secret) claimsSet
   where
     claimsSet = JWT.def {
       JWT.unregisteredClaims = Data.Map.fromList [("id", String uid), ("role", String role)]
-    }
\ No newline at end of file
+    }
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Main.hs b/src/PostgREST/Main.hs
index e7a9d40ef..1a14c2f4d 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Main.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Main.hs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ main = do
 
   runSettings appSettings $ middle $ \req respond -> do
     body <- strictRequestBody req
-    resOrError <- liftIO $ H.session pool $ H.tx (Just (H.ReadUncommitted, Just True)) $
+    resOrError <- liftIO $ H.session pool $ H.tx (Just (H.ReadCommitted, Just True)) $
       authenticated conf (app conf body) req
     either (respond . errResponse) respond resOrError
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs b/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs
index b14bf5005..f560e8313 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import Network.Wai.Middleware.Static (staticPolicy, only)
 import Network.URI (URI(..), parseURI)
 
 import PostgREST.Config (AppConfig(..), corsPolicy)
-import PostgREST.Auth (LoginAttempt(..), signInRole, signInWithJWT, setRole, resetRole, setUserId, resetUserId)
+import PostgREST.Auth (LoginAttempt(..), signInRole, signInWithJWT, setRole, setUserId)
 import PostgREST.App (contentTypeForAccept)
 import Codec.Binary.Base64.String (decode)
 
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ authenticated conf app req = do
    runInRole r uid = do
      setUserId uid
      setRole r
-     res <- app req
-     resetRole
-     resetUserId
-     return res
+     app req
 
 
 redirectInsecure :: Application -> Application
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ unsupportedAccept :: Application -> Application
 unsupportedAccept app req respond = do
   let
     accept = lookup hAccept $ requestHeaders req
-  if isNothing $ contentTypeForAccept accept 
+  if isNothing $ contentTypeForAccept accept
   then respond $ responseLBS status415 [] "Unsupported Accept header, try: application/json"
   else app req respond
 
diff --git a/test/SpecHelper.hs b/test/SpecHelper.hs
index e24c75fb1..e5ae89db8 100644
--- a/test/SpecHelper.hs
+++ b/test/SpecHelper.hs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ withApp perform = do
 
   perform $ middle $ \req resp -> do
     body <- strictRequestBody req
-    result <- liftIO $ H.session pool $ H.tx (Just (H.ReadUncommitted, Just True))
+    result <- liftIO $ H.session pool $ H.tx (Just (H.ReadCommitted, Just True))
       $ authenticated cfg (app cfg body) req
     either (resp . errResponse) resp result