diff --git a/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Controllers/UserController.cs b/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Controllers/UserController.cs
index aa23ba4..f3a3f83 100644
--- a/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Controllers/UserController.cs
+++ b/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Controllers/UserController.cs
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ public class UserController : ControllerBase
     [HttpPost]
     public async Task<ActionResult<int>> CreateUser(CreateUserCommand command, IDispatcher dispatcher, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        try
-        {
-            var userId = await dispatcher.Execute(command, cancellationToken);
-            return Ok(userId.IdValue);
-        }
-        catch (ValidationException validationException)
-        {
-            return BadRequest(validationException.ValidationErrors);
-        }
+        var userId = await dispatcher.Execute(command, cancellationToken);
+        return Ok(userId.IdValue);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Middleware/ExceptionHandlingMiddleware.cs b/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Middleware/ExceptionHandlingMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b439de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Middleware/ExceptionHandlingMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using AipsCore.Domain.Common.Validation;
+
+namespace AipsWebApi.Middleware;
+
+public sealed class ExceptionHandlingMiddleware
+{
+    private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+    private readonly ILogger<ExceptionHandlingMiddleware> _logger;
+
+    public ExceptionHandlingMiddleware(
+        RequestDelegate next,
+        ILogger<ExceptionHandlingMiddleware> logger)
+    {
+        _next = next;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await _next(context);
+        }
+        catch (ValidationException ex)
+        {
+            context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest;
+            context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
+
+            await context.Response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new
+            {
+                errors = ex.ValidationErrors
+            });
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Unhandled exception");
+
+            context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status500InternalServerError;
+            context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
+
+            await context.Response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new
+            {
+                error = "Something went wrong"
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Program.cs b/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Program.cs
index 43918ca..d1db72b 100644
--- a/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Program.cs
+++ b/dotnet/AipsWebApi/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using AipsCore.Infrastructure.DI;
+using AipsWebApi.Middleware;
 using DotNetEnv;
 
 Env.Load();
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 }
 
 
+app.UseMiddleware<ExceptionHandlingMiddleware>();
+
 app.UseAuthorization();
 
 app.MapControllers();