diff --git a/src/core/authorization_request/verification/did.rs b/src/core/authorization_request/verification/did.rs
index cd69956..42fba26 100644
--- a/src/core/authorization_request/verification/did.rs
+++ b/src/core/authorization_request/verification/did.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ pub async fn verify_with_resolver(
         bail!("request was signed with unsupported algorithm: {alg}")
     }
 
+    // This bypass is for unencoded JWT requests, but we will need to change this later
+    // so that trust is preserved when receiving unencoded requests
+    // NOTE: This requires that `Algorithm::None` is permitted in the wallet metadata
+    // Otherwise, this function will error in the previous assertion.
+    if alg.contains("none") {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     let Json::String(kid) = headers
         .remove("kid")
         .context("'kid' was missing from jwt headers")?