diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 54a910c7..17eef04c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9",
         "express-unless": "^2.1.3",
-        "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0"
+        "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
+        "lodash.set": "^4.3.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
+        "@types/lodash": "^4.14.191",
+        "@types/lodash.set": "^4.3.7",
         "@types/mocha": "^9.1.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.15.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.15.0",
@@ -310,6 +313,21 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/lodash": {
+      "version": "4.14.191",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.191.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BdZ5BCCvho3EIXw6wUCXHe7rS53AIDPLE+JzwgT+OsJk53oBfbSmZZ7CX4VaRoN78N+TJpFi9QPlfIVNmJYWxQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@types/lodash.set": {
+      "version": "4.3.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bS5Wkg/nrT82YUfkNYPSccFrNZRL+irl7Yt4iM6OTSQ0VZJED2oUIVm15NkNtUAQ8SRhCe+axqERUV6MJgkeEg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/lodash": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/minimist": {
       "version": "1.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.2.tgz",
@@ -2642,6 +2660,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/lodash.set": {
+      "version": "4.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4hNPN5jlm/N/HLMCO43v8BXKq9Z7QdAGc/VGrRD61w8gN9g/6jF9A4L1pbUgBLCffi0w9VsXfTOij5x8iTyFvg=="
+    },
     "node_modules/log-symbols": {
       "version": "4.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/log-symbols/-/log-symbols-4.1.0.tgz",
@@ -4746,6 +4769,21 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "@types/lodash": {
+      "version": "4.14.191",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.191.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BdZ5BCCvho3EIXw6wUCXHe7rS53AIDPLE+JzwgT+OsJk53oBfbSmZZ7CX4VaRoN78N+TJpFi9QPlfIVNmJYWxQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "@types/lodash.set": {
+      "version": "4.3.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bS5Wkg/nrT82YUfkNYPSccFrNZRL+irl7Yt4iM6OTSQ0VZJED2oUIVm15NkNtUAQ8SRhCe+axqERUV6MJgkeEg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@types/lodash": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "@types/minimist": {
       "version": "1.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.2.tgz",
@@ -6523,6 +6561,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "lodash.set": {
+      "version": "4.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4hNPN5jlm/N/HLMCO43v8BXKq9Z7QdAGc/VGrRD61w8gN9g/6jF9A4L1pbUgBLCffi0w9VsXfTOij5x8iTyFvg=="
+    },
     "log-symbols": {
       "version": "4.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/log-symbols/-/log-symbols-4.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6532c01..0618321a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9",
     "express-unless": "^2.1.3",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0"
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
+    "lodash.set": "^4.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.191",
+    "@types/lodash.set": "^4.3.7",
     "@types/mocha": "^9.1.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.15.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.15.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 83677592..03f59d22 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
+import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import * as express from 'express';
 import { unless } from 'express-unless';
+import set from 'lodash.set';
+
 import { UnauthorizedError } from './errors/UnauthorizedError';
 
 /**
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ export const expressjwt = (options: Params) => {
           .map(header => header.trim().toLowerCase())
           .includes('authorization');
         if (hasAuthInAccessControl) {
-          return next();
+          return setImmediate(next);
         }
       }
 
@@ -185,10 +187,10 @@ export const expressjwt = (options: Params) => {
       }
 
       const request = req as Request<jwt.JwtPayload | string>;
-      request[requestProperty] = decodedToken.payload;
-      next();
+      set(request, requestProperty, decodedToken.payload);
+      setImmediate(next);
     } catch (err) {
-      return next(err);
+      setImmediate(next, err);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/test/jwt.test.ts b/test/jwt.test.ts
index c2166812..177e4c2c 100644
--- a/test/jwt.test.ts
+++ b/test/jwt.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import * as express from 'express';
 import { expressjwt, UnauthorizedError, Request, GetVerificationKey } from '../src';
-import * as assert from 'assert';
+import assert from 'assert';
 
 
 describe('failure tests', function () {
@@ -289,6 +289,21 @@ describe('work tests', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should work with custom and nested request property', function (done) {
+    const secret = 'shhhhhh';
+    const token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, secret);
+    const req = {} as Request;
+    const res = {} as express.Response;
+    const requestProperty = 'auth.payload';
+
+    req.headers = {};
+    req.headers.authorization = 'Bearer ' + token;
+    expressjwt({ secret: secret, algorithms: ['HS256'], requestProperty })(req, res, function () {
+      assert.equal(req.auth.payload.foo, 'bar');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should work if authorization header is valid with a buffer secret', function (done) {
     const secret = Buffer.from('AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA', 'base64');
     const token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, secret);
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index dd76af26..b1747c08 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
     "outDir": "./dist",
     "allowJs": true,
     "target": "es5",
-    "declaration": true
+    "declaration": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true
   },
   "include": [
     "./src/**/*"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}