diff --git a/server-api/db/src/auth.rs b/server-api/db/src/auth.rs
index aeba8ec..e31e1f1 100644
--- a/server-api/db/src/auth.rs
+++ b/server-api/db/src/auth.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
-use crate::UBigInt;
+use mysql_async::{params, Pool};
+use mysql_async::prelude::Queryable;
+use mysql_async::error::Error;
 
-use redis::{
-    Client, AsyncCommands,
-    RedisResult
-};
-
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref REDIS_URL: String = {
-        std::env::var("REDIS_URL").unwrap()
-    };
-}
-
-pub async fn add_jwt(id: UBigInt, token: &str) -> RedisResult<()> {
-    let client = Client::open(REDIS_URL.as_ref())?;
-    let mut conn = client.get_tokio_connection().await?;
-
-    let _ = conn.set(id, token).await?;
+pub async fn add_jwt(p: &Pool, token: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let conn = p.get_conn().await?;
+    let q = "INSERT INTO jwt (token) VALUES (:tk)";
+    let _ = conn.drop_exec(q, params!{"tk" => token}).await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub async fn active_jwt(id: UBigInt, token: &str) -> RedisResult<bool> {
-    let client = Client::open(REDIS_URL.as_ref())?;
-    let mut conn = client.get_tokio_connection().await?;
-
-    let val: String = conn.get(id).await?;
-    Ok(val == token)
+pub async fn listed_jwt(p: &Pool, id: crate::UBigInt, token_given: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+    // only checks if the given token is listed somewhere in the db
+    let conn = p.get_conn().await?;
+    let q = "SELECT token FROM jwt WHERE id = :id";
+    // if id.token == return true
+    let (_, db_t): (_, Option<String>) =
+        conn.first_exec(q, params!{"id" => id}).await?;
+    
+    
+    return match db_t {
+        Some(token_db) => Ok(token_db == token_given),  // probably pointless check but its not that expensive so its stays as a sanity check
+        None => Ok(false)
+    };
 }
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