diff --git a/src/fetchWithMiddleware.js b/src/fetchWithMiddleware.js
index 2b90637..67f1e01 100644
--- a/src/fetchWithMiddleware.js
+++ b/src/fetchWithMiddleware.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
   MiddlewareNextFn,
 } from './definition';
 
-async function runFetch(req: RRNLRequestObject): Promise<RRNLResponseObject> {
+function runFetch(req: RRNLRequestObject): Promise<RRNLResponseObject> {
   let { url, ...opts } = req;
 
   if (!url) {
@@ -20,17 +20,22 @@ async function runFetch(req: RRNLRequestObject): Promise<RRNLResponseObject> {
     }
   }
 
-  const res = await fetch(url, opts);
-
-  if (res.status < 200 || res.status >= 300) {
-    const text = await res.text();
-    const err: any = new Error(text);
-    err.fetchResponse = res;
-    throw err;
-  }
-
-  const payload = await res.json();
-  return { ...res, payload };
+  return fetch(url, opts)
+    .then(res => {
+      if (res.status < 200 || res.status >= 300) {
+        return res.text().then(text => {
+          const err: any = new Error(text);
+          err.fetchResponse = res;
+          throw err;
+        });
+      }
+      return res;
+    })
+    .then(res => {
+      return res.json().then(payload => {
+        return { ...res, payload };
+      });
+    });
 }
 
 export default function fetchWithMiddleware(
diff --git a/src/middleware/auth.js b/src/middleware/auth.js
index 025283c..7b1407c 100644
--- a/src/middleware/auth.js
+++ b/src/middleware/auth.js
@@ -34,42 +34,44 @@ export default function authMiddleware(opts?: AuthMiddlewareOpts): Middleware {
 
   let tokenRefreshInProgress = null;
 
-  return next => async req => {
-    try {
+  return next => req => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // $FlowFixMe
-      const token = await (isFunction(tokenOrThunk) ? tokenOrThunk(req) : tokenOrThunk);
+      const token: string = isFunction(tokenOrThunk) ? tokenOrThunk(req) : tokenOrThunk;
 
       if (!token && tokenRefreshPromise && !allowEmptyToken) {
-        throw new WrongTokenError('Empty token');
+        reject(new WrongTokenError('Empty token'));
       }
+      resolve(token);
+    })
+      .then(token => {
+        if (token) {
+          req.headers[header] = `${prefix}${token}`;
+        }
+        return next(req);
+      })
+      .catch(e => {
+        if (e && tokenRefreshPromise) {
+          if (e.message === 'Empty token' || (e.fetchResponse && e.fetchResponse.status === 401)) {
+            if (tokenRefreshPromise) {
+              if (!tokenRefreshInProgress) {
+                tokenRefreshInProgress = Promise.resolve(
+                  tokenRefreshPromise(req, e.fetchResponse)
+                ).then(newToken => {
+                  tokenRefreshInProgress = null;
+                  return newToken;
+                });
+              }
 
-      if (token) {
-        req.headers[header] = `${prefix}${token}`;
-      }
-      const res = await next(req);
-      return res;
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (e && tokenRefreshPromise) {
-        if (e.message === 'Empty token' || (e.fetchResponse && e.fetchResponse.status === 401)) {
-          if (tokenRefreshPromise) {
-            if (!tokenRefreshInProgress) {
-              tokenRefreshInProgress = Promise.resolve(
-                tokenRefreshPromise(req, e.fetchResponse)
-              ).then(newToken => {
-                tokenRefreshInProgress = null;
-                return newToken;
+              return tokenRefreshInProgress.then(newToken => {
+                req.headers[header] = `${prefix}${newToken}`;
+                return next(req); // re-run query with new token
               });
             }
-
-            return tokenRefreshInProgress.then(newToken => {
-              req.headers[header] = `${prefix}${newToken}`;
-              return next(req); // re-run query with new token
-            });
           }
         }
-      }
 
-      throw e;
-    }
+        throw e;
+      });
   };
 }