diff --git a/common/models/User-Identity.js b/common/models/User-Identity.js
index 779ad2f48f..fe9f135b91 100644
--- a/common/models/User-Identity.js
+++ b/common/models/User-Identity.js
@@ -1,51 +1,14 @@
-import assign from 'object.assign';
 import debugFactory from 'debug';
 
+import {
+  setProfileFromGithub,
+  getFirstImageFromProfile
+} from '../../server/utils/auth';
+
 const debug = debugFactory('freecc:models:userIdent');
 
 const { defaultProfileImage } = require('../utils/constantStrings.json');
 
-function getFirstImageFromProfile(profile) {
-  return profile && profile.photos && profile.photos[0] ?
-    profile.photos[0].value :
-    null;
-}
-
-// using es6 argument destructing
-function setProfileFromGithub(
-  user,
-  {
-    profileUrl: githubURL,
-    username
-  },
-  {
-    id: githubId,
-    'avatar_url': picture,
-    email: githubEmail,
-    'created_at': joinedGithubOn,
-    blog: website,
-    location,
-    name
-  }
-) {
-  return assign(
-    user,
-    { isGithubCool: true, isMigrationGrandfathered: false },
-    {
-      name,
-      username: username.toLowerCase(),
-      location,
-      joinedGithubOn,
-      website,
-      picture,
-      githubId,
-      githubURL,
-      githubEmail,
-      githubProfile: githubURL
-    }
-  );
-}
-
 export default function(UserIdent) {
  UserIdent.observe('before save', function(ctx, next) {
   var userIdent = ctx.currentInstance || ctx.instance;
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index bf0cb8c396..012c5ffd3f 100755
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ var uuid = require('node-uuid'),
     path = require('path'),
     passportProviders = require('./passport-providers');
 
+var setProfileFromGithub = require('./utils/auth').setProfileFromGithub;
 var generateKey =
   require('loopback-component-passport/lib/models/utils').generateKey;
-/**
- * Create Express server.
- */
+
 var app = loopback();
 
 expressState.extend(app);
@@ -44,41 +43,6 @@ passportConfigurator.setupModels({
   userCredentialModel: app.models.userCredential
 });
 
-// using es6 argument destructing
-function setProfileFromGithub(
-  user,
-  {
-    profileUrl: githubURL,
-    username
-  },
-  {
-    id: githubId,
-    'avatar_url': picture,
-    email: githubEmail,
-    'created_at': joinedGithubOn,
-    blog: website,
-    location,
-    name
-  }
-) {
-  return assign(
-    user,
-    { isGithubCool: true, isMigrationGrandfathered: false },
-    {
-      name,
-      username: username.toLowerCase(),
-      location,
-      joinedGithubOn,
-      website,
-      picture,
-      githubId,
-      githubURL,
-      githubEmail,
-      githubProfile: githubURL
-    }
-  );
-}
-
 var passportOptions = {
   emailOptional: true,
   profileToUser: function(provider, profile) {
diff --git a/server/utils/auth.js b/server/utils/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcbf198098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import assign from 'object.assign';
+
+// using es6 argument destructing
+export function setProfileFromGithub(
+  user,
+  {
+    profileUrl: githubURL,
+    username
+  },
+  {
+    id: githubId,
+    'avatar_url': picture,
+    email: githubEmail,
+    'created_at': joinedGithubOn,
+    blog: website,
+    location,
+    name
+  }
+) {
+  return assign(
+    user,
+    { isGithubCool: true, isMigrationGrandfathered: false },
+    {
+      name,
+      username: username.toLowerCase(),
+      location,
+      joinedGithubOn,
+      website,
+      picture,
+      githubId,
+      githubURL,
+      githubEmail,
+      githubProfile: githubURL
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+export function getFirstImageFromProfile(profile) {
+  return profile && profile.photos && profile.photos[0] ?
+    profile.photos[0].value :
+    null;
+}