diff --git a/packet-service/src/handlers/auth.rs b/packet-service/src/handlers/auth.rs
index 2261e18..57dd584 100644
--- a/packet-service/src/handlers/auth.rs
+++ b/packet-service/src/handlers/auth.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::auth_client::AuthClient;
-use crate::handlers::null_string::NullTerminatedString;
+use utils::null_string::NullTerminatedString;
 use crate::packet::{send_packet, Packet, PacketPayload};
 use crate::packet_type::PacketType;
 use crate::packets::cli_accept_req::CliAcceptReq;
diff --git a/packet-service/src/handlers/character.rs b/packet-service/src/handlers/character.rs
index e5739ee..d249c55 100644
--- a/packet-service/src/handlers/character.rs
+++ b/packet-service/src/handlers/character.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::handlers::null_string::NullTerminatedString;
+use utils::null_string::NullTerminatedString;
 use crate::packet::{send_packet, Packet, PacketPayload};
 use crate::packet_type::PacketType;
 use crate::packets::cli_char_list_req::CliCharListReq;
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_char_list_req(stream: &mut TcpStream, packet: Packet)
     debug!("{:?}", request);
     
     Ok(())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packet-service/src/handlers/mod.rs b/packet-service/src/handlers/mod.rs
index 766bab5..01adb9b 100644
--- a/packet-service/src/handlers/mod.rs
+++ b/packet-service/src/handlers/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-pub mod null_string;
 pub mod auth;
 pub mod character;
diff --git a/utils/Cargo.toml b/utils/Cargo.toml
index 3869f9b..cbd6e32 100644
--- a/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ rand = "0.9.0-beta.1"
 uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["v4"] }
 warp = "0.3.7"
 tokio = "1.41.1"
+bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["derive", "serde"] }
diff --git a/utils/src/lib.rs b/utils/src/lib.rs
index 299f031..fecaa68 100644
--- a/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod consul_registration;
 pub mod service_discovery;
+pub mod null_string;
diff --git a/packet-service/src/handlers/null_string.rs b/utils/src/null_string.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from packet-service/src/handlers/null_string.rs
rename to utils/src/null_string.rs