diff --git a/lib/middleware/beta.rb b/lib/middleware/beta.rb
index 1c22fb34..ba58bc66 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/beta.rb
+++ b/lib/middleware/beta.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module OpenAI
-  class BetaMiddleware < Faraday::Middleware
+  class MiddlewareBeta < Faraday::Middleware
     BETA_REGEX = %r{
       \A/#{OpenAI.configuration.api_version}
       /(assistants|batches|threads|vector_stores)
diff --git a/lib/middleware/errors.rb b/lib/middleware/errors.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d58e436c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/middleware/errors.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module OpenAI
+  class MiddlewareErrors < Faraday::Middleware
+    def call(env)
+      @app.call(env)
+    rescue Faraday::Error => e
+      raise e unless e.response.is_a?(Hash)
+
+      logger = Logger.new($stdout)
+      logger.formatter = proc do |_severity, _datetime, _progname, msg|
+        "\033[31mOpenAI HTTP Error (spotted in ruby-openai #{VERSION}): #{msg}\n\033[0m"
+      end
+      logger.error(e.response[:body])
+
+      raise e
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/openai.rb b/lib/openai.rb
index 25638ac8..5a584072 100644
--- a/lib/openai.rb
+++ b/lib/openai.rb
@@ -23,21 +23,8 @@ module OpenAI
   class Error < StandardError; end
   class ConfigurationError < Error; end
 
-  class MiddlewareErrors < Faraday::Middleware
-    def call(env)
-      @app.call(env)
-    rescue Faraday::Error => e
-      raise e unless e.response.is_a?(Hash)
-
-      logger = Logger.new($stdout)
-      logger.formatter = proc do |_severity, _datetime, _progname, msg|
-        "\033[31mOpenAI HTTP Error (spotted in ruby-openai #{VERSION}): #{msg}\n\033[0m"
-      end
-      logger.error(e.response[:body])
-
-      raise e
-    end
-  end
+  autoload :MiddlewareErrors, "middleware/errors"
+  autoload :MiddlewareBeta, "middleware/beta"
 
   class Configuration
     attr_accessor :access_token,
@@ -90,5 +77,3 @@ def self.rough_token_count(content = "")
     [1, estimate].max
   end
 end
-
-require_relative "middleware/beta"
diff --git a/lib/openai/client.rb b/lib/openai/client.rb
index 2b84b562..fa5cd304 100644
--- a/lib/openai/client.rb
+++ b/lib/openai/client.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def build_connection(multipart: false)
         faraday.options[:timeout] = @request_timeout
         faraday.request(:multipart) if multipart
         faraday.use MiddlewareErrors if @log_errors
-        faraday.use BetaMiddleware
+        faraday.use MiddlewareBeta
         faraday.response :raise_error
         faraday.response :json
       end