diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3701112..b7364e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,29 +97,22 @@ checksum = "34ac096ce696dc2fcabef30516bb13c0a68a11d30131d3df6f04711467681b04"
 name = "app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "argon2",
  "cfg-if",
  "chrono",
  "config 0.15.6",
- "hex",
  "http",
  "leptos",
  "leptos_axum",
  "leptos_meta",
  "leptos_router",
- "password-hash",
- "rand",
- "secrecy",
  "serde",
  "serde-aux",
- "sqlx",
  "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-bunyan-formatter",
  "tracing-log 0.2.0",
  "tracing-subscriber",
- "unicode-segmentation",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -2459,14 +2452,26 @@ name = "server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "app",
+ "argon2",
  "axum",
+ "config 0.15.6",
+ "hex",
  "leptos",
  "leptos_axum",
+ "leptos_router",
+ "password-hash",
+ "rand",
+ "secrecy",
+ "serde",
+ "serde-aux",
+ "sqlx",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-log 0.2.0",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 85f2663..5997767 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,23 +22,10 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["registry", "env-filter"] }
 tracing-bunyan-formatter = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 tracing-log = "0.2"
 thiserror = "2.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.43", features = [
-  "rt",
-  "macros",
-  "tracing",
-  "rt-multi-thread",
-] }
+tokio = { version = "1.43", features = ["rt", "macros", "tracing"] }
 tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["full"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["full"] }
 wasm-bindgen = "=0.2.100"
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
-  "runtime-tokio",
-  "macros",
-  "postgres",
-  "uuid",
-  "chrono",
-  "migrate",
-] }
 uuid = { version = "1.12", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde", "clock"] }
@@ -128,9 +115,3 @@ pedantic = "warn"
 nursery = "warn"
 unwrap_used = "warn"
 expect_used = "warn"
-
-[workspace.package.metadata.nextest]
-slow-timeout = { period = "120s", terminate-after = 3 }
-
-[workspace.profile.dev.package.sqlx-macros]
-opt-level = 3
diff --git a/app/Cargo.toml b/app/Cargo.toml
index 1127962..83428ff 100644
--- a/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,19 +19,12 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 tracing-bunyan-formatter.workspace = true
 tracing-log.workspace = true
-sqlx.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 chrono.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
-secrecy.workspace = true
-unicode-segmentation.workspace = true
-rand.workspace = true
-config.workspace = true
 serde-aux.workspace = true
-argon2.workspace = true
-password-hash.workspace = true
-hex.workspace = true
+config.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/app/src/components/app.rs b/app/src/components/app.rs
index 84c3784..923ef0a 100644
--- a/app/src/components/app.rs
+++ b/app/src/components/app.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use leptos_router::{
     StaticSegment,
 };
 
-use crate::components::homepage::HomePage;
+use crate::components::{homepage::HomePage, register::RegisterPage};
 
 #[component]
 pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
             <main>
                 <Routes fallback=|| "Page not found.".into_view()>
                     <Route path=StaticSegment("") view=HomePage />
+                    <Route path=StaticSegment("/register") view=RegisterPage />
                 </Routes>
             </main>
         </Router>
diff --git a/app/src/components/register.rs b/app/src/components/register.rs
index b44c3c2..bb9411a 100644
--- a/app/src/components/register.rs
+++ b/app/src/components/register.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use leptos::prelude::*;
 
-use crate::server_fn::auth::register_user;
+use crate::{models::user::form::RegisterUserForm, server_fn::auth::register_user};
 
 #[component]
 pub fn RegisterPage() -> impl IntoView {
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ pub fn RegisterPage() -> impl IntoView {
                         }
                         prop:value=username
                     />
-                    <div class="error">
-                        {move || {
-                            response
-                                .get()
-                                .and_then(|result| result.err())
-                                .map(|err| err.to_string())
-                        }}
-                    </div>
+                // <div class="error">
+                // {move || {
+                // response
+                // .get()
+                // .and_then(|result| result.err())
+                // .map(|err| err.to_string())
+                // }}
+                // </div>
                 </div>
                 <button type="submit" disabled=pending>
                     {move || {
diff --git a/app/src/config.rs b/app/src/config.rs
index 8cb4c16..b6175b4 100644
--- a/app/src/config.rs
+++ b/app/src/config.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,7 @@
-use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_aux::field_attributes::deserialize_number_from_string;
-use sqlx::{
-    postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgSslMode},
-    ConnectOptions,
-};
 use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
-pub struct Settings {
-    pub database: DatabaseSettings,
-    pub application: ApplicationSettings,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
-pub struct DatabaseSettings {
-    pub username: String,
-    pub password: SecretString,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_number_from_string")]
-    pub port: u16,
-    pub host: String,
-    pub database_name: String,
-    pub require_ssl: bool,
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct ApplicationSettings {
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_number_from_string")]
@@ -37,51 +15,6 @@ pub enum Environment {
     Production,
 }
 
-pub fn get_config() -> Result<Settings, config::ConfigError> {
-    let base_path = std::env::current_dir().expect("Failed to determine current directory");
-    let config_directory = base_path.join("config");
-    let env: Environment = std::env::var("APP_ENVIRONMENT")
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "local".into())
-        .try_into()
-        .expect("Failed to parse APP_ENVIRONMENT");
-
-    let env_filename = format!("{}.toml", &env);
-
-    let settings = config::Config::builder()
-        .add_source(config::File::from(config_directory.join("base.toml")))
-        .add_source(config::File::from(config_directory.join(env_filename)))
-        .add_source(
-            config::Environment::with_prefix("APP")
-                .prefix_separator("_")
-                .separator("__"),
-        )
-        .build()?;
-    settings.try_deserialize::<Settings>()
-}
-
-impl DatabaseSettings {
-    pub fn without_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
-        let ssl_mode = if self.require_ssl {
-            PgSslMode::Require
-        } else {
-            PgSslMode::Prefer
-        };
-
-        PgConnectOptions::new()
-            .host(&self.host)
-            .username(&self.username)
-            .password(self.password.expose_secret())
-            .port(self.port)
-            .ssl_mode(ssl_mode)
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
-        self.without_db()
-            .database(&self.database_name)
-            .log_statements(tracing_log::log::LevelFilter::Trace)
-    }
-}
-
 impl Display for Environment {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
diff --git a/app/src/lib.rs b/app/src/lib.rs
index 649b365..136ce3b 100644
--- a/app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/app/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
+pub mod components;
 pub mod config;
-pub mod db;
 pub mod models;
 pub mod server_fn;
-pub mod startup;
 pub mod telemetry;
+pub mod validation;
+
+pub use components::app::App;
 
 use leptos::prelude::*;
-use leptos_meta::{provide_meta_context, MetaTags, Stylesheet, Title};
-use leptos_router::{
-    components::{Route, Router, Routes},
-    StaticSegment,
-};
+use leptos_meta::MetaTags;
 
 pub fn shell(options: LeptosOptions) -> impl IntoView {
     view! {
@@ -29,38 +27,3 @@ pub fn shell(options: LeptosOptions) -> impl IntoView {
         </html>
     }
 }
-
-#[component]
-pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
-    // Provides context that manages stylesheets, titles, meta tags, etc.
-    provide_meta_context();
-
-    view! {
-        <Stylesheet id="leptos" href="/pkg/echoes-of-ascension.css" />
-
-        // sets the document title
-        <Title text="Welcome to Leptos" />
-
-        // content for this welcome page
-        <Router>
-            <main>
-                <Routes fallback=|| "Page not found.".into_view()>
-                    <Route path=StaticSegment("") view=HomePage />
-                </Routes>
-            </main>
-        </Router>
-    }
-}
-
-/// Renders the home page of your application.
-#[component]
-fn HomePage() -> impl IntoView {
-    // Creates a reactive value to update the button
-    let count = RwSignal::new(0);
-    let on_click = move |_| *count.write() += 1;
-
-    view! {
-        <h1>"Welcome to Leptos!"</h1>
-        <button on:click=on_click>"Click Me: " {count}</button>
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/models/response.rs b/app/src/models/response.rs
index 90513eb..8230504 100644
--- a/app/src/models/response.rs
+++ b/app/src/models/response.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use super::user::new_user::NewUser;
-
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct RegisterResponse {
     pub username: String,
@@ -24,12 +21,3 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
-
-impl From<NewUser> for RegisterResponse {
-    fn from(value: NewUser) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            username: value.username.as_ref().to_string(),
-            code: value.code.expose_secret().to_string(),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/models/user/error.rs b/app/src/models/user/error.rs
index 668d932..90d9325 100644
--- a/app/src/models/user/error.rs
+++ b/app/src/models/user/error.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ pub enum UserError {
     #[error("Code hashing failed: {0}")]
     HashingError(String),
 
-    #[error("Database error: {0}")]
-    Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
-
     #[error("Username already taken: {0}")]
     UsernameTaken(String),
 
diff --git a/app/src/models/user/form.rs b/app/src/models/user/form.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a07978a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/models/user/form.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct RegisterUserForm {
+    pub username: String,
+}
diff --git a/app/src/models/user/mod.rs b/app/src/models/user/mod.rs
index d4c3e6e..4d8543d 100644
--- a/app/src/models/user/mod.rs
+++ b/app/src/models/user/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 pub mod error;
-pub mod new_user;
-pub mod user_code;
-pub mod username;
+pub mod form;
diff --git a/app/src/server_fn/auth.rs b/app/src/server_fn/auth.rs
index d557cf1..44ee8d4 100644
--- a/app/src/server_fn/auth.rs
+++ b/app/src/server_fn/auth.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
-use crate::db::users::insert_user;
-use crate::models::user::error::UserError;
-use crate::models::user::new_user::RegisterUserForm;
-use crate::{models::response::RegisterResponse, startup::AppState};
 use leptos::{prelude::*, server};
 
-#[server(RegisterUser, "/api/v1/users")]
-pub async fn register_user(
-    form: RegisterUserForm,
-) -> Result<RegisterResponse, ServerFnError<String>> {
-    let state = use_context::<AppState>()
-        .ok_or_else(|| ServerFnError::ServerError("AppState not found".into()))?;
+use crate::models::{response::RegisterResponse, user::form::RegisterUserForm};
 
-    let new_user = form.try_into().map_err(|e| ServerFnError::ServerError(e))?;
-
-    match insert_user(&state.pool, &new_user).await {
-        Ok(_) => Ok(RegisterResponse::from(new_user)),
-        Err(UserError::UsernameTaken(username)) => Err(ServerFnError::ServerError(format!(
-            "Username {} is already taken",
-            username
-        ))),
-        Err(e) => {
-            tracing::error!("Failed to register user: {}", e);
-            Err(ServerFnError::ServerError("Internal server error".into()))
-        }
-    }
+#[server(RegisterUser, "/register")]
+pub async fn register_user(form: RegisterUserForm) -> Result<RegisterResponse, ServerFnError> {
+    Ok(RegisterResponse {
+        username: form.username,
+        code: String::new(),
+    })
 }
diff --git a/app/src/startup.rs b/app/src/startup.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f77ec0a..0000000
--- a/app/src/startup.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use leptos::config::{errors::LeptosConfigError, LeptosOptions};
-use sqlx::{postgres::PgPoolOptions, PgPool};
-use thiserror::Error;
-
-use crate::config::DatabaseSettings;
-
-pub type AppState = Arc<App>;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-pub enum ApplicationError {
-    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
-    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
-
-    #[error("Leptos configuration error: {0}")]
-    LeptosConfig(#[from] LeptosConfigError),
-
-    #[error("Database error: {0}")]
-    Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
-
-    #[error("Server error: {0}")]
-    Server(String),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct App {
-    pub pool: PgPool,
-    pub leptos_options: LeptosOptions,
-}
-
-pub fn get_connection_pool(config: &DatabaseSettings) -> PgPool {
-    PgPoolOptions::new().connect_lazy_with(config.with_db())
-}
diff --git a/app/src/validation.rs b/app/src/validation.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca34130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/validation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ValidationError {
+    #[error("Field cannot be empty: {0}")]
+    Empty(String),
+
+    #[error("Field too short: {0} (minimum {1} characters)")]
+    TooShort(String, usize),
+
+    #[error("Field too long: {0} (maximum {1} characters)")]
+    TooLong(String, usize),
+
+    #[error("Invalid format: {0}")]
+    InvalidFormat(String),
+}
+
+pub trait Validate {
+    fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError>;
+}
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index aa4cc1e..8305c08 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ setup:
 
 # Start development server with hot reload
 dev: kill-server db-migrate
-    RUST_BACKTRACE=full cargo leptos watch | bunyan
+    cargo leptos watch | bunyan
 
 # Run cargo check on both native and wasm targets
 check:
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 4c91c2d..f96557f 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,14 +9,33 @@ edition = "2021"
 app = { path = "../app", default-features = false, features = ["ssr"] }
 leptos = { workspace = true, features = ["ssr"] }
 leptos_axum.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
 
 axum.workspace = true
-tokio.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
+  "runtime-tokio",
+  "macros",
+  "postgres",
+  "uuid",
+  "chrono",
+  "migrate",
+] }
+secrecy.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde-aux.workspace = true
+config.workspace = true
 tower.workspace = true
 tower-http.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-log.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
+rand.workspace = true
+argon2.workspace = true
+unicode-segmentation.workspace = true
+password-hash.workspace = true
+hex.workspace = true
+leptos_router.workspace = true
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/server/src/config.rs b/server/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97aa0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+use app::config::{ApplicationSettings, Environment};
+use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_aux::field_attributes::deserialize_number_from_string;
+use sqlx::{
+    postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgSslMode},
+    ConnectOptions,
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Settings {
+    pub database: DatabaseSettings,
+    pub application: ApplicationSettings,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct DatabaseSettings {
+    pub username: String,
+    pub password: SecretString,
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_number_from_string")]
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub host: String,
+    pub database_name: String,
+    pub require_ssl: bool,
+}
+
+impl DatabaseSettings {
+    pub fn without_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
+        let ssl_mode = if self.require_ssl {
+            PgSslMode::Require
+        } else {
+            PgSslMode::Prefer
+        };
+
+        PgConnectOptions::new()
+            .host(&self.host)
+            .username(&self.username)
+            .password(self.password.expose_secret())
+            .port(self.port)
+            .ssl_mode(ssl_mode)
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
+        self.without_db()
+            .database(&self.database_name)
+            .log_statements(tracing_log::log::LevelFilter::Trace)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn get_config() -> Result<Settings, config::ConfigError> {
+    let base_path = std::env::current_dir().expect("Failed to determine current directory");
+    let config_directory = base_path.join("config");
+    let env: Environment = std::env::var("APP_ENVIRONMENT")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "local".into())
+        .try_into()
+        .expect("Failed to parse APP_ENVIRONMENT");
+
+    let env_filename = format!("{}.toml", &env);
+
+    let settings = config::Config::builder()
+        .add_source(config::File::from(config_directory.join("base.toml")))
+        .add_source(config::File::from(config_directory.join(env_filename)))
+        .add_source(
+            config::Environment::with_prefix("APP")
+                .prefix_separator("_")
+                .separator("__"),
+        )
+        .build()?;
+    settings.try_deserialize::<Settings>()
+}
diff --git a/app/src/db/mod.rs b/server/src/db/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from app/src/db/mod.rs
rename to server/src/db/mod.rs
diff --git a/app/src/db/users.rs b/server/src/db/users.rs
similarity index 69%
rename from app/src/db/users.rs
rename to server/src/db/users.rs
index b997637..b6cfce6 100644
--- a/app/src/db/users.rs
+++ b/server/src/db/users.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+use app::models::user::error::UserError;
 use sqlx::PgPool;
 
-use crate::models::user::{error::UserError, new_user::NewUser};
+use crate::{domain::user::NewUser, error::user::ServerUserError};
 
 #[tracing::instrument(name = "Saving new user details in the database", skip(new_user, pool))]
-pub async fn insert_user(pool: &PgPool, new_user: &NewUser) -> Result<(), UserError> {
+pub async fn insert_user(pool: &PgPool, new_user: &NewUser) -> Result<(), ServerUserError> {
     sqlx::query!(
         r#"
         INSERT INTO "user" (username, code)
@@ -18,9 +19,9 @@ pub async fn insert_user(pool: &PgPool, new_user: &NewUser) -> Result<(), UserEr
         tracing::error!("Failed to execute query: {:?}", e);
         match e {
             sqlx::Error::Database(ref dbe) if dbe.constraint() == Some("user_username_key") => {
-                UserError::UsernameTaken(new_user.username.as_ref().to_string())
+                ServerUserError::User(UserError::UsernameTaken(new_user.username.as_ref().into()))
             }
-            _ => UserError::Database(e),
+            _ => ServerUserError::Database(e),
         }
     })?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/server/src/domain/mod.rs b/server/src/domain/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..548fd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/domain/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod user;
+mod user_code;
+mod username;
diff --git a/app/src/models/user/new_user.rs b/server/src/domain/user.rs
similarity index 54%
rename from app/src/models/user/new_user.rs
rename to server/src/domain/user.rs
index 74d5160..b9d9a60 100644
--- a/app/src/models/user/new_user.rs
+++ b/server/src/domain/user.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use app::models::{response::RegisterResponse, user::form::RegisterUserForm};
+use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
 
 use super::{user_code::UserCode, username::Username};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct RegisterUserForm {
-    pub username: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct NewUser {
     pub username: Username,
     pub code: UserCode,
@@ -23,3 +19,12 @@ impl TryFrom<RegisterUserForm> for NewUser {
         })
     }
 }
+
+impl From<NewUser> for RegisterResponse {
+    fn from(value: NewUser) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            username: value.username.as_ref().into(),
+            code: value.code.expose_secret().into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/models/user/user_code.rs b/server/src/domain/user_code.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from app/src/models/user/user_code.rs
rename to server/src/domain/user_code.rs
index 80c5e52..25c4ec0 100644
--- a/app/src/models/user/user_code.rs
+++ b/server/src/domain/user_code.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use app::models::user::error::UserError;
 use argon2::Argon2;
 use password_hash::SaltString;
 use std::ops::Deref;
@@ -5,9 +6,7 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 use rand::{rngs::OsRng, thread_rng, Rng};
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 
-use super::error::UserError;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct UserCode(SecretString);
 
 impl UserCode {
diff --git a/app/src/models/user/username.rs b/server/src/domain/username.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from app/src/models/user/username.rs
rename to server/src/domain/username.rs
index f990c73..be79867 100644
--- a/app/src/models/user/username.rs
+++ b/server/src/domain/username.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng, Rng};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Username(String);
 
 impl TryFrom<String> for Username {
diff --git a/server/src/error/mod.rs b/server/src/error/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdf12d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/error/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pub mod server;
+pub mod user;
+
+pub use server::ServerError;
diff --git a/server/src/error/server.rs b/server/src/error/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5337966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/error/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use leptos::config::errors::LeptosConfigError;
+use sqlx;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ServerError {
+    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("Leptos configuration error: {0}")]
+    LeptosConfig(#[from] LeptosConfigError),
+
+    #[error("Database error: {0}")]
+    Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
+}
diff --git a/server/src/error/user.rs b/server/src/error/user.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3522187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/error/user.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use app::models::user::error::UserError;
+use sqlx;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ServerUserError {
+    #[error("Database error: {0}")]
+    Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
+
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    User(#[from] UserError),
+}
+
+impl From<ServerUserError> for UserError {
+    fn from(error: ServerUserError) -> Self {
+        match error {
+            ServerUserError::Database(e) => Self::Internal(e.to_string()),
+            ServerUserError::User(e) => e,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 81415a7..78bfd2c 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-mod application;
+mod config;
+mod db;
+pub mod domain;
+mod error;
 mod routes;
+mod server;
+mod startup;
 
-use app::{
-    config::get_config,
-    startup::ApplicationError,
-    telemetry::{get_subscriber, init_subscriber},
-};
-use application::Server;
+use app::telemetry::{get_subscriber, init_subscriber};
+use config::get_config;
+use error::ServerError;
 use leptos::prelude::*;
+use server::Server;
 
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), ApplicationError> {
+async fn main() -> Result<(), ServerError> {
     // Generate the list of routes in your Leptos App
     let subscriber = get_subscriber("echoes-of-ascension-server", "info", std::io::stdout);
     init_subscriber(subscriber);
diff --git a/server/src/routes/api/mod.rs b/server/src/routes/api/mod.rs
index d198c03..9b18325 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/api/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/routes/api/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 mod v1;
 
-use app::startup::AppState;
 use axum::Router;
 
+use crate::startup::AppState;
+
 pub fn routes() -> Router<AppState> {
     Router::new().nest("/v1", v1::routes())
 }
diff --git a/server/src/routes/api/v1/auth.rs b/server/src/routes/api/v1/auth.rs
index a9686bb..5ba825f 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/api/v1/auth.rs
+++ b/server/src/routes/api/v1/auth.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
-use app::db::users::insert_user;
 use app::models::{
     response::{ErrorResponse, RegisterResponse},
-    user::{error::UserError, new_user::RegisterUserForm},
+    user::{error::UserError, form::RegisterUserForm},
 };
-use app::startup::AppState;
-
 use axum::{extract::State, http::StatusCode, response::IntoResponse, Json};
+
+use crate::{db::users::insert_user, error::user::ServerUserError, startup::AppState};
+
 #[tracing::instrument(
     name = "Creating new user",
-    skip(data, state),
+    skip(payload, state),
     fields(
-        username= %data.username,
+        username= %payload.username,
     )
 )]
 pub async fn register(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
-    Json(data): Json<RegisterUserForm>,
+    Json(payload): Json<RegisterUserForm>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, impl IntoResponse> {
-    let new_user = data
+    let new_user = payload
         .try_into()
         .map_err(|e| (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, Json(ErrorResponse::from(e))))?;
 
     match insert_user(&state.pool, &new_user).await {
         Ok(_) => Ok((StatusCode::CREATED, Json(RegisterResponse::from(new_user)))),
-        Err(UserError::UsernameTaken(username)) => Err((
+        Err(ServerUserError::User(UserError::UsernameTaken(username))) => Err((
             StatusCode::CONFLICT,
             Json(ErrorResponse::from(format!(
                 "Username {} is already taken.",
diff --git a/server/src/routes/api/v1/mod.rs b/server/src/routes/api/v1/mod.rs
index f9de52f..b4d8e9c 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/api/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/routes/api/v1/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 mod auth;
 
-use app::startup::AppState;
 use axum::{routing::post, Router};
 
+use crate::startup::AppState;
+
 pub fn routes() -> Router<AppState> {
     Router::new().route("/register", post(auth::register))
 }
diff --git a/server/src/routes/mod.rs b/server/src/routes/mod.rs
index 4d50f15..24d8673 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 mod api;
 mod health_check;
 
-use app::{shell, startup::AppState, App};
+use app::{shell, App};
 use axum::{
     body::Bytes,
     extract::MatchedPath,
@@ -17,19 +17,24 @@ use tower_http::{classify::ServerErrorsFailureClass, trace::TraceLayer};
 use tracing::{info_span, Span};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
+use crate::startup::AppState;
+
 pub fn route(state: AppState) -> Router {
     let leptos_options = state.leptos_options.clone();
     let routes = generate_route_list(App);
 
+    let api_router = api::routes().with_state(state.clone());
+
     Router::new()
         .route("/health_check", get(health_check))
         // API routes with proper nesting
-        .nest("/api", api::routes())
-        .with_state(state)
+        .nest("/api", api_router)
         // Leptos setup
         .leptos_routes(&leptos_options, routes, {
-            let leptos_options = leptos_options.clone();
-            move || shell(leptos_options.clone())
+            {
+                let leptos_options = leptos_options.clone();
+                move || shell(leptos_options.clone())
+            }
         })
         .fallback(leptos_axum::file_and_error_handler(shell))
         .with_state(leptos_options)
diff --git a/server/src/application.rs b/server/src/server.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from server/src/application.rs
rename to server/src/server.rs
index 1173fea..64acdd9 100644
--- a/server/src/application.rs
+++ b/server/src/server.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-use app::{
-    config::Settings,
-    startup::{get_connection_pool, App, ApplicationError},
-};
 use leptos::prelude::*;
 use tokio::{net::TcpListener, task::JoinHandle};
 
-use crate::routes::route;
+use crate::{
+    config::Settings,
+    error::ServerError,
+    routes::route,
+    startup::{get_connection_pool, App},
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Server(JoinHandle<Result<(), std::io::Error>>);
 
 impl Server {
-    pub async fn build(config: Settings) -> Result<Self, ApplicationError> {
+    pub async fn build(config: Settings) -> Result<Self, ServerError> {
         let pool = get_connection_pool(&config.database);
 
         // Get Leptos configuration but override the address
diff --git a/server/src/startup.rs b/server/src/startup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e4c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/startup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use leptos::config::LeptosOptions;
+use sqlx::{postgres::PgPoolOptions, PgPool};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::config::DatabaseSettings;
+
+pub type AppState = Arc<App>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct App {
+    pub pool: PgPool,
+    pub leptos_options: LeptosOptions,
+}
+
+pub fn get_connection_pool(config: &DatabaseSettings) -> PgPool {
+    PgPoolOptions::new().connect_lazy_with(config.with_db())
+}