diff --git a/example/Gemfile.lock b/example/Gemfile.lock
index 92c31a6..88dd0cf 100644
--- a/example/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/example/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    twirp (1.7.0)
+    twirp (1.7.2)
       faraday (< 2)
       google-protobuf (~> 3.0, >= 3.7.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    faraday (1.1.0)
+    faraday (1.3.0)
+      faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
       ruby2_keywords
-    google-protobuf (3.13.0)
+    faraday-net_http (1.0.1)
+    google-protobuf (3.15.8)
     multipart-post (2.1.1)
     rack (2.2.3)
-    ruby2_keywords (0.0.2)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.4)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
diff --git a/lib/twirp/service.rb b/lib/twirp/service.rb
index 7e7a41a..f5b58e6 100644
--- a/lib/twirp/service.rb
+++ b/lib/twirp/service.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ def route_request(rack_env, env)
 
       input = nil
       begin
-        input = Encoding.decode(rack_request.body.read, env[:input_class], content_type)
+        body_str = rack_request.body.read
+        rack_request.body.rewind # allow other middleware to read again (https://github.com/twitchtv/twirp-ruby/issues/50)
+        input = Encoding.decode(body_str, env[:input_class], content_type)
       rescue => e
         error_msg = "Invalid request body for rpc method #{method_name.inspect} with Content-Type=#{content_type}"
         if e.is_a?(Google::Protobuf::ParseError)