diff --git a/examples/with-nestjs/src/queues/basic-auth.middleware.ts b/examples/with-nestjs/src/queues/basic-auth.middleware.ts
index 69653fa8..23039399 100644
--- a/examples/with-nestjs/src/queues/basic-auth.middleware.ts
+++ b/examples/with-nestjs/src/queues/basic-auth.middleware.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,47 @@
-import { NestMiddleware } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Injectable, NestMiddleware } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import * as bcrypt from 'bcrypt';
 
+@Injectable()
 export class BasicAuthMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
-  private readonly username = 'user';
-  private readonly password = 'password';
-  private readonly encodedCreds = Buffer.from(
-    this.username + ':' + this.password,
-  ).toString('base64');
-
-  use(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
-    const reqCreds = req.get('authorization')?.split('Basic ')?.[1] ?? null;
-
-    if (!reqCreds || reqCreds !== this.encodedCreds) {
-      res.setHeader(
-        'WWW-Authenticate',
-        'Basic realm="Your realm", charset="UTF-8"',
-      );
-      res.sendStatus(401);
-    } else {
-      next();
+  private readonly username: string;
+  private readonly passwordHash: string;
+
+  constructor(private readonly configService: ConfigService) {
+    this.username = this.configService.get<string>('BULL_BOARD_USERNAME') || '';
+    this.passwordHash = this.configService.get<string>('BULL_BOARD_PASSWORD_HASH') || '';
+  }
+
+  async use(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): Promise<void> {
+    const authHeader = req.get('authorization');
+
+    if (!authHeader || !authHeader.startsWith('Basic ')) {
+      this.sendUnauthorizedResponse(res);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const encodedCreds = authHeader.split(' ')[1];
+    const decodedCreds = Buffer.from(encodedCreds, 'base64').toString('utf-8');
+    const [username, password] = decodedCreds.split(':');
+
+    if (!this.username || !this.passwordHash || username !== this.username) {
+      this.sendUnauthorizedResponse(res);
+      return;
     }
+
+    const isPasswordValid = await await bcrypt.compare(password, this.passwordHash);
+
+    if (!isPasswordValid) {
+      this.sendUnauthorizedResponse(res);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    next();
+  }
+
+  private sendUnauthorizedResponse(res: Response): void {
+    res.setHeader('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="Restricted Area", charset="UTF-8"');
+    res.sendStatus(401);
   }
 }