diff --git a/src/app.rb b/src/app.rb
index 79831ea..9b9c9be 100755
--- a/src/app.rb
+++ b/src/app.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require_relative "db_init.rb"
 require_relative "db_models.rb"
 
 enable :sessions
-db = db_init
+db_init
 
 # Routes
 get "/style.css" do
@@ -42,15 +42,12 @@ end
 
 # API stuff
 post "/user" do
-	# create user
-	user = db.get_table :User
-
 	email = params[:email]
 	name = params[:name]
 	password = params[:password]
 	password_confirm = params[:password_confirm]
 
-	status, ret = user.register(email, name, password, password_confirm)
+	status, ret = User.register(email, name, password, password_confirm)
 	Console::debug "STATUS: #{status}", ret
 	if !status then # if something went wrong then return to 0
 		session[:error_msg] = ret
diff --git a/src/db_models.rb b/src/db_models.rb
index cf57934..80f26e2 100644
--- a/src/db_models.rb
+++ b/src/db_models.rb
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 class User < Entity 
 	# Find user by ID, returns multiple results if multiple IDs exist
 	# (which wont happen since IDs are unique)
-	def find_by_id(id)
+	def self.find_by_id(id)
 		self.get("*", "id = ?", id)
 	end
 
 	# Find user by email, same as above but for emails.
 	# Also unique
-	def find_by_email(email)
+	def self.find_by_email(email)
 		self.get("*", "email = ?", email)
 	end
 
-	private def validate_register_creds(email, name, password, password_confirm)
+	def self.validate_register_creds(email, name, password, password_confirm)
 		# Field check
 		check_all_fields = email != "" && name != "" && password != "" && password_confirm != ""
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class User < Entity
 
 	# Register a new user
 	# Returns: success?, data
-	def register(email, name, password, password_confirm)
+	def self.register(email, name, password, password_confirm)
 		check, errorstr = self.validate_register_creds(email, name, password, password_confirm)
 
 		if( check ) then
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class User < Entity
 
 	# Log in user
 	# Returns: success?, auth token
-	def login(email, password)
+	def self.login(email, password)
 		user_query = self.find_by_email email # get the user info
 
 		if user_query.length >= 1 then
diff --git a/src/lib/database.rb b/src/lib/database.rb
index 9e4cf48..432cb08 100644
--- a/src/lib/database.rb
+++ b/src/lib/database.rb
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ class Entity
 		end
 	end
 
-	private def self.gen_update_query(vars) # generates part of the update query string
+	def self.gen_update_query(vars) # generates part of the update query string
 		vars.join "= ?, "
 	end
 
-	private def self.gen_insert_query(vars) # generates part of the insert query string
+	def self.gen_insert_query(vars) # generates part of the insert query string
 		entstr = "(#{vars.join ", "})"
 		valstr = "(#{(["?"] * vars.length).join ", "})"
 
 		return entstr, valstr
 	end
 
-	private def self.apply_filter(query, filter)
+	def self.apply_filter(query, filter)
 		if filter != "" then query += " WHERE #{filter}" end
 		query
 	end