diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 45a9fdc..6530129 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
-        "express": "^4.19.2",
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         "express-rate-limit": "^7.1.5",
         "helmet": "^7.1.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
@@ -900,39 +900,39 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.2.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.22.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-F2X8g9P1X7uCPZMA3MVf9wcTqlyNp7IhH5qPCI0izhaOIYXaW9L535tGA3qmjRzpH+bZczqq7hVKxTR4NWnu+g==",
       "license": "MIT",
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         "accepts": "~1.3.8",
         "array-flatten": "1.1.1",
-        "body-parser": "1.20.3",
-        "content-disposition": "0.5.4",
+        "body-parser": "~1.20.3",
+        "content-disposition": "~0.5.4",
         "content-type": "~1.0.4",
-        "cookie": "0.7.1",
-        "cookie-signature": "1.0.6",
+        "cookie": "~0.7.1",
+        "cookie-signature": "~1.0.6",
         "debug": "2.6.9",
         "depd": "2.0.0",
         "encodeurl": "~2.0.0",
         "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
         "etag": "~1.8.1",
-        "finalhandler": "1.3.1",
-        "fresh": "0.5.2",
-        "http-errors": "2.0.0",
+        "finalhandler": "~1.3.1",
+        "fresh": "~0.5.2",
+        "http-errors": "~2.0.0",
         "merge-descriptors": "1.0.3",
         "methods": "~1.1.2",
-        "on-finished": "2.4.1",
+        "on-finished": "~2.4.1",
         "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.12",
+        "path-to-regexp": "~0.1.12",
         "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
-        "qs": "6.13.0",
+        "qs": "~6.14.0",
         "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
         "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
-        "send": "0.19.0",
-        "serve-static": "1.16.2",
+        "send": "~0.19.0",
+        "serve-static": "~1.16.2",
         "setprototypeof": "1.2.0",
-        "statuses": "2.0.1",
+        "statuses": "~2.0.1",
         "type-is": "~1.6.18",
         "utils-merge": "1.0.1",
         "vary": "~1.1.2"
@@ -960,13 +960,19 @@
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-    "node_modules/express/node_modules/cookie": {
-      "version": "0.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6DnInpx7SJ2AK3+CTUE/ZM0vWTUboZCegxhC2xiIydHR9jNuTAASBrfEpHhiGOZw/nX51bHt6YQl8jsGo4y/0w==",
-      "license": "MIT",
+    "node_modules/express/node_modules/qs": {
+      "version": "6.14.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.14.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4EK3+xJl8Ts67nLYNwqw/dsFVnCf+qR7RgXSK9jEEm9unao3njwMDdmsdvoKBKHzxd7tCYz5e5M+SnMjdtXGQQ==",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "side-channel": "^1.1.0"
+      },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.6"
+        "node": ">=0.6"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/file-uri-to-path": {
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 09b08cc..d26ad5f 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+{"name":"buzzed-backend","version":"0.1.0","type":"module","scripts":{"dev":"ts-node-esm src/index.ts","build":"tsc -p .","start":"node dist/index.js"},"dependencies":{"bcryptjs":"^2.4.3","better-sqlite3":"^9.6.0","cookie-parser":"^1.4.6","cors":"^2.8.5","dotenv":"^16.4.5","express":"^4.22.1","express-rate-limit":"^7.1.5","helmet":"^7.1.0","jsonwebtoken":"^9.0.2","morgan":"^1.10.0","multer":"^2.0.2","node-cron":"^3.0.3","socket.io":"^4.7.5","uuid":"^9.0.1","zod":"^3.23.8"},"devDependencies":{"@types/bcryptjs":"^2.4.6","@types/better-sqlite3":"^7.6.13","@types/cookie-parser":"^1.4.6","@types/cors":"^2.8.17","@types/express":"^4.17.21","@types/jsonwebtoken":"^9.0.6","@types/morgan":"^1.9.7","@types/multer":"^1.4.12","@types/node":"^20.12.12","@types/node-cron":"^3.0.11","@types/uuid":"^10.0.0","ts-node":"^10.9.2","typescript":"^5.4.5"}}
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