diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 42558b1..f470538 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/access-handler
 go 1.24.5
 
 require (
-	gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/dbHandler v1.0.4
+	gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/dbHandler v1.0.7
 	gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/tecamino-logger v0.2.1
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.11.0
 	github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5ad7dce..e5e7905 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/dbHandler v1.0.4 h1:ctnaec0GDdtw3gRQdUISVDYLJ9x+vt50VW41OemfhD4=
-gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/dbHandler v1.0.4/go.mod h1:y/xn/POJg1DO++67uKvnO23lJQgh+XFQq7HZCS9Getw=
+gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/dbHandler v1.0.7 h1:777QiVuv6CNsRT/dVtiiQd3NIOQcw7PoYo3Anz4ll+M=
+gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/dbHandler v1.0.7/go.mod h1:y/xn/POJg1DO++67uKvnO23lJQgh+XFQq7HZCS9Getw=
 gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/tecamino-logger v0.2.1 h1:sQTBKYPdzn9mmWX2JXZBtGBvNQH7cuXIwsl4TD0aMgE=
 gitea.tecamino.com/paadi/tecamino-logger v0.2.1/go.mod h1:FkzRTldUBBOd/iy2upycArDftSZ5trbsX5Ira5OzJgM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.14.0 h1:/OfKt8HFw0kh2rj8N0F6C/qPGRESq0BbaNZgcNXXzQQ=
diff --git a/handlers/role.go b/handlers/role.go
index 5ec9c4e..81e9e3b 100644
--- a/handlers/role.go
+++ b/handlers/role.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func (aH *AccessHandler) AddDefaultRole() (err error) {
 	role := "admin"
 
 	// Check if a role with this name already exists
-	if err := aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.Role{}, "role", role, false); err == nil {
+	if aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.Role{}, "role", role, false) {
 		// Found a role → skip creation
 		aH.logger.Debug("AddDefaultRole", "role "+role+" exists already")
 		return nil
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (aH *AccessHandler) AddRole(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// Check if a role with this name already exists
-	if err := aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.Role{}, "role", role.Role, false); err == nil {
+	if aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.Role{}, "role", role.Role, false) {
 		aH.logger.Error("AddRole", fmt.Sprintf("role with name %s already exists", role.Role))
 		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, models.NewJsonMessageResponse(fmt.Sprintf("role with name %s already exists", role.Role)))
 	}
diff --git a/handlers/user.go b/handlers/user.go
index d30c678..c62c33b 100644
--- a/handlers/user.go
+++ b/handlers/user.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (aH *AccessHandler) AddDefaultUser() (err error) {
 	email := "zuercher@tecamino.ch"
 
 	// Check if a user with this email already exists
-	if err := aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.User{}, "email", email, false); err == nil {
+	if aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.User{}, "email", email, false) {
 		aH.logger.Debug("AddDefaultUser", "user email "+email+" exists already")
 		// Found a user → skip create
 		return nil
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (aH *AccessHandler) AddUser(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// Check if a user with this email already exists
-	if err := aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.User{}, "email", user.Email, false); err == nil {
+	if aH.dbHandler.Exists(&models.User{}, "email", user.Email, false) {
 		// Found a user → skip create
 		aH.logger.Error("AddUser", "user with email "+user.Email+" already exists")
 		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, models.NewJsonMessageResponse(fmt.Sprintf("user with email %s already exists", user.Email)))
diff --git a/models/user.go b/models/user.go
index 3539e9f..a748991 100644
--- a/models/user.go
+++ b/models/user.go
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package models
 
+import "time"
+
 type User struct {
-	Id       uint     `gorm:"primaryKey" json:"id"`
-	Name     string   `gorm:"column:user_name" json:"user"`
-	Email    string   `gorm:"column:email" json:"email"`
-	Role     string   `gorm:"column:role" json:"role,omitempty"`
-	Password string   `gorm:"column:password" json:"password"`
-	Settings Settings `gorm:"type:json" json:"settings,omitempty"`
+	Id         uint       `gorm:"primaryKey" json:"id"`
+	Name       string     `gorm:"column:user_name" json:"user"`
+	Email      string     `gorm:"column:email" json:"email"`
+	Role       string     `gorm:"column:role" json:"role,omitempty"`
+	Password   string     `gorm:"column:password" json:"password"`
+	Expiration *time.Time `gorm:"column:expiration" json:"expiration,omitempty"`
+	Settings   Settings   `gorm:"type:json" json:"settings"`
 }
 
 func (u *User) IsValid() bool {