diff --git a/backend/src/auth/__init__.py b/backend/src/auth/__init__.py
index ee42b32..8c941e4 100644
--- a/backend/src/auth/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/src/auth/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer
 from jwt.exceptions import InvalidTokenError
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from config import AuthConfig
+from auth.config import AuthConfig
 from database import SessionDependency
 from database.users import User
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ async def get_current_user(db: SessionDependency, token: str = Depends(oauth2_sc
         detail="Could not validate credentials",
         headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
     )
-    config = AuthConfig()
+    auth_config = AuthConfig
     log.debug("token: " + token)
 
     try:
-        payload = jwt.decode(token, config.jwt_signing_key, algorithms=[config.jwt_signing_algorithm])
+        payload = jwt.decode(token, auth_config.jwt_signing_key, algorithms=[auth_config.jwt_signing_algorithm])
         log.debug("jwt payload: " + payload.__str__())
         user_uid: str = payload.get("sub")
         log.debug("jwt payload sub (USER uid): " + user_uid)
diff --git a/backend/src/auth/config.py b/backend/src/auth/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..553f998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/auth/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+
+
+class AuthConfig(BaseSettings):
+    # to get a signing key run:
+    # openssl rand -hex 32
+    jwt_signing_key: str
+    jwt_signing_algorithm: str = "HS256"
+    jwt_access_token_lifetime: int = 60 * 24 * 30
+
+    @property
+    def jwt_signing_key(self):
+        return self._jwt_signing_key
diff --git a/backend/src/config/__init__.py b/backend/src/config/__init__.py
index c40179c..6adda15 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/src/config/__init__.py
@@ -13,16 +13,7 @@ class ProwlarrConfig(BaseModel):
     url: str = os.getenv("PROWLARR_URL")
 
 
-class AuthConfig(BaseModel):
-    # to get a signing key run:
-    # openssl rand -hex 32
-    _jwt_signing_key: str = os.getenv("JWT_SIGNING_KEY")
-    jwt_signing_algorithm: str = "HS256"
-    jwt_access_token_lifetime: int = int(os.getenv("JWT_ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME") or 60 * 24 * 30)
 
-    @property
-    def jwt_signing_key(self):
-        return self._jwt_signing_key
 
 
 class QbittorrentConfig(BaseModel):
@@ -37,8 +28,4 @@ class DownloadClientConfig(BaseModel):
 
 
 class MachineLearningConfig(BaseModel):
-    model_name: str = os.getenv("OLLAMA_MODEL_NAME") or "qwen2.5:0.5b"
-
-
-def get_db_config() -> DbConfig:
-    return DbConfig()
+    model_name: str = os.getenv("OLLAMA_MODEL_NAME") or "qwen2.5:0.5b"
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