diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
index 558dde1e3b..cfab451de4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { newid } from "../utils"
+import { newid } from "../utils/hashing"
 import { DEFAULT_TENANT_ID, Config } from "../constants"
 import env from "../environment"
 import {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/newid.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/newid.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5676c23f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/newid.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { v4 } from "uuid"
+
+export function newid() {
+  return v4().replace(/-/g, "")
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/hashing.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/hashing.ts
index d9277ee3e7..220ffea47f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/hashing.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/hashing.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import env from "../environment"
+export * from "../newid"
 const bcrypt = env.JS_BCRYPT ? require("bcryptjs") : require("bcrypt")
-import { v4 } from "uuid"
 
 const SALT_ROUNDS = env.SALT_ROUNDS || 10
 
@@ -12,7 +12,3 @@ export async function hash(data: string) {
 export async function compare(data: string, encrypted: string) {
   return bcrypt.compare(data, encrypted)
 }
-
-export function newid() {
-  return v4().replace(/-/g, "")
-}