diff --git a/scopedsites/middleware.py b/scopedsites/middleware.py
index 95284a0..8b2ef25 100644
--- a/scopedsites/middleware.py
+++ b/scopedsites/middleware.py
@@ -1,48 +1,25 @@
-import asyncio
-
 from django.http import Http404
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django_scopes import scope
 
 from scopedsites.models import Domain
 
 
-class DomainScopeMiddleware:
-    async_capable = True
-
-    def __init__(self, get_response):
-        self.get_response = get_response
-
-        self.is_async = asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(get_response)
-
-        self.__call__ = self._ahandler if self.is_async else self._handler
-
-    async def _ahandler(self, request):
+class DomainScopeMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
+    def __call__(self, request):
         d = Domain.get_from_request(request)
 
         with scope(domain=d):
-            return await self.get_response(request)
-
-    def _handler(self, request):
-        d = Domain.get_from_request(request)  # technically does hit the db layer, but should get caught in memcache
-        # TODO: performance testing
-
-        with scope(domain=d):
-            return self.get_response(request)
+            return super()(request)
 
 
-class DomainAutoCreateMiddleware:
-    async_capable = True
-
+class DomainAutoCreateMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     def __init__(self, get_response):
-        self.get_response = get_response
-
-        self.is_async = asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(get_response)
-
-        self.__call__ = self._ahandler if self.is_async else self._handler
+        super().__init__(get_response)
 
         self.cache = set()
 
-    def ensure_exists(self, r):
+    def process_request(self, r):
         if (host := r.META.get("HTTP_HOST")) in self.cache:
             return
 
@@ -51,11 +28,3 @@ class DomainAutoCreateMiddleware:
             self.cache.add(host)
         except Http404:
             Domain.objects.create(fqdn=r.META.get('HTTP_HOST'))
-
-    def _handler(self, req):
-        self.ensure_exists(req)
-        return self.get_response(req)
-
-    async def _ahandler(self, req):
-        self.ensure_exists(req)
-        return await self.get_response(req)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2fb9951..a048186 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 setup(
     name="django_scopedsites",
     packages=["scopedsites", "scopedsites.migrations"],
-    version="0.1.6",
+    version="0.1.7",
     description="django_scopes x django.contrib.sites",
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=[