diff --git a/users/authservice/Dockerfile b/users/authservice/Dockerfile
index 70648d7..78f6ffe 100644
--- a/users/authservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/users/authservice/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN npm install
 
 # Copy the app source code to the working directory
 COPY . .
+COPY utils /usr/src/authservice/utils
 
 # Expose the port the app runs on
 EXPOSE 8002
diff --git a/users/authservice/utils/passwordUtils.js b/users/authservice/utils/passwordUtils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 170c263..0000000
--- a/users/authservice/utils/passwordUtils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import bcrypt from 'bcrypt';
-
-export const hashPassword = async (password) => {
-  const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10);
-  const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt);
-  return hashedPassword;
-};
-
-export const comparePassword = async (password, hashedPassword) => {
-  const isMatch = await bcrypt.compare(password, hashedPassword);
-  return isMatch;
-};
diff --git a/users/authservice/utils/tokenUtils.js b/users/authservice/utils/tokenUtils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7d84dc..0000000
--- a/users/authservice/utils/tokenUtils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
-
-export const createJWT = (payload) => {
-  const token = jwt.sign(payload, 'your-secret-key', {
-    // process.env.JWT_SECRET
-    expiresIn: '1d', // process.env.JWT_EXPIRES_IN,
-  });
-  return token;
-};
-
-export const verifyJWT = (token) => {
-  console.log('verjwt');
-  console.log(token);
-  const decoded = jwt.verify(token, 'your-secret-key'); // process.env.JWT_SECRET);
-  return decoded;
-};
diff --git a/users/userservice/Dockerfile b/users/userservice/Dockerfile
index f43e2df..c091be1 100644
--- a/users/userservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/users/userservice/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN npm install
 
 # Copy the app source code to the working directory
 COPY . .
+COPY utils /usr/src/userservice/utils
 
 # Expose the port the app runs on
 EXPOSE 8001
diff --git a/users/userservice/user-service.test.js b/users/userservice/user-service.test.js
index 39c9c13..007fb00 100644
--- a/users/userservice/user-service.test.js
+++ b/users/userservice/user-service.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   mongoServer = await MongoMemoryServer.create();
   const mongoUri = mongoServer.getUri();
   process.env.MONGODB_URI = mongoUri;
-  app = require('./user-service');
+  app = (await import('./user-service.js')).default; // Import app dynamically to ensure MONGODB_URI is set
 });
 
 afterAll(async () => {
diff --git a/users/userservice/utils/passwordUtils.js b/users/userservice/utils/passwordUtils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 170c263..0000000
--- a/users/userservice/utils/passwordUtils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import bcrypt from 'bcrypt';
-
-export const hashPassword = async (password) => {
-  const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10);
-  const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt);
-  return hashedPassword;
-};
-
-export const comparePassword = async (password, hashedPassword) => {
-  const isMatch = await bcrypt.compare(password, hashedPassword);
-  return isMatch;
-};
diff --git a/users/userservice/utils/tokenUtils.js b/users/userservice/utils/tokenUtils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7d84dc..0000000
--- a/users/userservice/utils/tokenUtils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
-
-export const createJWT = (payload) => {
-  const token = jwt.sign(payload, 'your-secret-key', {
-    // process.env.JWT_SECRET
-    expiresIn: '1d', // process.env.JWT_EXPIRES_IN,
-  });
-  return token;
-};
-
-export const verifyJWT = (token) => {
-  console.log('verjwt');
-  console.log(token);
-  const decoded = jwt.verify(token, 'your-secret-key'); // process.env.JWT_SECRET);
-  return decoded;
-};