diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1f2cc81..5953654 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -341,6 +341,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-utils"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c21850a20f41468aedddf2dcf88124ae8e6959c8c7b610c986f870fd62fbba3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "jsonwebtoken",
+ "serde",
+ "sha1",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.3"
@@ -651,7 +664,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "homedisk-types",
  "log",
- "rust_utilities",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
@@ -667,13 +679,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum-auth",
  "base64",
  "byte-unit",
+ "crypto-utils",
  "futures",
  "homedisk-database",
  "homedisk-types",
  "hyper",
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "log",
- "rust_utilities",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tower-http",
@@ -685,8 +697,9 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
+ "crypto-utils",
  "dirs",
- "rust_utilities",
+ "hex",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1191,20 +1204,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rust_utilities"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8524c76496ed3097b6d24d7cb3b435cc8a84cbded6da7153942f6daa3ade9da7"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "hex",
- "jsonwebtoken",
- "serde",
- "sha-1",
- "sha2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.21"
@@ -1290,10 +1289,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "sha-1"
-version = "0.10.0"
+name = "sha1"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "028f48d513f9678cda28f6e4064755b3fbb2af6acd672f2c209b62323f7aea0f"
+checksum = "c77f4e7f65455545c2153c1253d25056825e77ee2533f0e41deb65a93a34852f"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures",
diff --git a/database/Cargo.toml b/database/Cargo.toml
index 0466f70..2775ba4 100644
--- a/database/Cargo.toml
+++ b/database/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ futures-util = "0.3.21"
 serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.5.13", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.1.1", features = ["v5"] }
-rust_utilities = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["sha"] }
 homedisk-types = { path = "../types", features = ["database"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/database/src/sqlite.rs b/database/src/sqlite.rs
index 872a0d3..46f694a 100644
--- a/database/src/sqlite.rs
+++ b/database/src/sqlite.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use crate::{Database, User};
 
-    /// Utils to open database in tests    
+    /// Utils to open database in tests
     async fn open_db() -> Database {
         Database::open("sqlite::memory:").await.expect("open db")
     }
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 0b1638e..523e474 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ futures = "0.3.21"
 hyper = { version = "0.14.19", features = ["full"] }
 jsonwebtoken = "8.1.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
-rust_utilities = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["jsonwebtoken"] }
+crypto-utils = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["jwt"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
 tower-http = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/server/src/middleware/auth.rs b/server/src/middleware/auth.rs
index edf689e..fe18222 100644
--- a/server/src/middleware/auth.rs
+++ b/server/src/middleware/auth.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+use crypto_utils::jsonwebtoken::{Claims, Token};
 use homedisk_types::errors::{AuthError, ServerError};
 use jsonwebtoken::TokenData;
-use rust_utilities::crypto::jsonwebtoken::{Claims, Token};
 
 /// Validate user token
 pub fn validate_jwt(secret: &[u8], token: &str) -> Result<TokenData<Claims>, ServerError> {
diff --git a/server/src/middleware/jwt.rs b/server/src/middleware/jwt.rs
index 8a632b4..931a5b3 100644
--- a/server/src/middleware/jwt.rs
+++ b/server/src/middleware/jwt.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
+use crypto_utils::jsonwebtoken::{Claims, Token};
 use homedisk_database::{Database, User};
 use homedisk_types::errors::{AuthError, ServerError};
-use rust_utilities::crypto::jsonwebtoken::{Claims, Token};
 
 /// Create user token
 pub fn create_token(user: &User, secret: &[u8], expires: i64) -> Result<String, ServerError> {
-    let token = Token::new(secret, Claims::new(user.id.clone(), expires));
+    let token = Token::new(secret, Claims::new(&user.id, expires))
+        .map_err(|_| ServerError::AuthError(AuthError::TokenGenerate))?;
 
-    match token {
-        Ok(token) => Ok(token.encoded),
-        Err(_) => Err(ServerError::AuthError(AuthError::TokenGenerate)),
-    }
+    Ok(token.encoded)
 }
 
 /// Search for a user
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_create_token() {
         let secret = b"secret";
+
         let user = User::new("username", "password");
 
         create_token(&user, secret, 1).unwrap();
diff --git a/types/Cargo.toml b/types/Cargo.toml
index 10cfbfa..51a7215 100644
--- a/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
 config = ["toml", "dirs"]
-database = ["rust_utilities", "sqlx"]
+database = ["crypto-utils", "hex", "sqlx"]
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ anyhow = "1.0.57"
 serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["derive"] }
 zeroize = { version = "1.5.5", features = ["derive"] }
 axum = { version = "0.5.7", optional = true }
-
-# config
 toml = { version = "0.5.9", optional = true }
 dirs = { version = "4.0.0", optional = true }
-
-# database
-rust_utilities = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
+crypto-utils = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["sha"], optional = true }
+hex = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
 sqlx = { version = "0.5.13", features = ["sqlite"], optional = true }
diff --git a/types/src/database/user.rs b/types/src/database/user.rs
index b204ae4..fa36c97 100644
--- a/types/src/database/user.rs
+++ b/types/src/database/user.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use rust_utilities::crypto::sha::{encode, Algorithm, CryptographicHash};
+use crypto_utils::sha::{Algorithm, CryptographicHash};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 /// SQL user table
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl User {
         let id = Uuid::new_v5(&Uuid::NAMESPACE_X500, &sha1_name).to_string();
 
         // hash password using SHA-512
-        let password = encode(CryptographicHash::hash(
+        let password = hex::encode(CryptographicHash::hash(
             Algorithm::SHA512,
             password.as_bytes(),
         ));
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ impl User {
     ///
     /// let user = User::new("medzik", "whatever");
     ///
-    /// let dir = user.user_dir("/home/homedisk"); // will return  `/home/homedisk/medzik`
+    /// let dir = user.user_dir("/storage"); // will return `/storage/medzik`
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(dir, "/home/homedisk/medzik")
+    /// assert_eq!(dir, "/storage/medzik")
     /// ```
     pub fn user_dir(&self, storage: &str) -> String {
         // get a user storage path