diff --git a/backend/auth/api_key_handler.py b/backend/auth/api_key_handler.py
index b274aa762..16d109c88 100644
--- a/backend/auth/api_key_handler.py
+++ b/backend/auth/api_key_handler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ async def verify_api_key(
                 result.data[0]["creation_time"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
             ).date()
 
-            # Check if the API key was created in the month of the current date
             if (api_key_creation_date.month == current_date.month) and (
                 api_key_creation_date.year == current_date.year
             ):
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ async def get_user_from_api_key(
 ) -> UserIdentity:
     supabase_db = get_supabase_db()
 
-    # Lookup the user_id from the api_keys table
     user_id_data = supabase_db.get_user_id_by_api_key(api_key)
 
     if not user_id_data.data:
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ async def get_user_from_api_key(
 
     user_id = user_id_data.data[0]["user_id"]
 
-    # Lookup the email from the users table. Todo: remove and use user_id for credentials
     email = supabase_db.get_user_email(user_id)
 
     return UserIdentity(email=email, id=user_id)
diff --git a/backend/chat_service.py b/backend/chat_service.py
index 53b9a7543..00a37b0d3 100644
--- a/backend/chat_service.py
+++ b/backend/chat_service.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+from utils import handle_request_validation_error
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # import needed here when running main.py to debug backend
     # you will need to run pip install python-dotenv
@@ -7,8 +9,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     load_dotenv()
 import sentry_sdk
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, status
-from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from logger import get_logger
 from middlewares.cors import add_cors_middleware
@@ -40,24 +41,6 @@ async def http_exception_handler(_, exc):
     )
 
 
-# log more details about validation errors (422)
-def handle_request_validation_error(app: FastAPI):
-    @app.exception_handler(RequestValidationError)
-    async def validation_exception_handler(
-        request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError
-    ):
-        exc_str = f"{exc}".replace("\n", " ").replace("   ", " ")
-        logger.error(request, exc_str)
-        content = {
-            "status_code": status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-            "message": exc_str,
-            "data": None,
-        }
-        return JSONResponse(
-            content=content, status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
-        )
-
-
 handle_request_validation_error(app)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/backend/crawl_service.py b/backend/crawl_service.py
index ec0c8c81f..929811d84 100644
--- a/backend/crawl_service.py
+++ b/backend/crawl_service.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+from utils import handle_request_validation_error
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # import needed here when running main.py to debug backend
     # you will need to run pip install python-dotenv
@@ -7,8 +9,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     load_dotenv()
 import sentry_sdk
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, status
-from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from logger import get_logger
 from middlewares.cors import add_cors_middleware
@@ -41,24 +42,6 @@ async def http_exception_handler(_, exc):
     )
 
 
-# log more details about validation errors (422)
-def handle_request_validation_error(app: FastAPI):
-    @app.exception_handler(RequestValidationError)
-    async def validation_exception_handler(
-        request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError
-    ):
-        exc_str = f"{exc}".replace("\n", " ").replace("   ", " ")
-        logger.error(request, exc_str)
-        content = {
-            "status_code": status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-            "message": exc_str,
-            "data": None,
-        }
-        return JSONResponse(
-            content=content, status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
-        )
-
-
 handle_request_validation_error(app)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 92008b7c4..970166ffc 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+from utils import handle_request_validation_error
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # import needed here when running main.py to debug backend
     # you will need to run pip install python-dotenv
@@ -8,8 +10,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     load_dotenv()
 import pypandoc
 import sentry_sdk
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, status
-from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from logger import get_logger
 from middlewares.cors import add_cors_middleware
@@ -30,8 +31,9 @@ from routes.contact_routes import router as contact_router
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
-if (os.getenv("DEV_MODE") == "true"):
+if os.getenv("DEV_MODE") == "true":
     import debugpy
+
     logger.debug("👨‍💻 Running in dev mode")
     debugpy.listen(("0.0.0.0", 5678))
 
@@ -79,24 +81,6 @@ async def http_exception_handler(_, exc):
     )
 
 
-# log more details about validation errors (422)
-def handle_request_validation_error(app: FastAPI):
-    @app.exception_handler(RequestValidationError)
-    async def validation_exception_handler(
-        request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError
-    ):
-        exc_str = f"{exc}".replace("\n", " ").replace("   ", " ")
-        logger.error(request, exc_str)
-        content = {
-            "status_code": status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-            "message": exc_str,
-            "data": None,
-        }
-        return JSONResponse(
-            content=content, status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
-        )
-
-
 handle_request_validation_error(app)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/backend/upload_service.py b/backend/upload_service.py
index badbc5831..c746e687b 100644
--- a/backend/upload_service.py
+++ b/backend/upload_service.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+from utils import handle_request_validation_error
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # import needed here when running main.py to debug backend
     # you will need to run pip install python-dotenv
@@ -8,8 +10,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     load_dotenv()
 import pypandoc
 import sentry_sdk
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, status
-from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from logger import get_logger
 from middlewares.cors import add_cors_middleware
@@ -49,24 +50,6 @@ async def http_exception_handler(_, exc):
     )
 
 
-# log more details about validation errors (422)
-def handle_request_validation_error(app: FastAPI):
-    @app.exception_handler(RequestValidationError)
-    async def validation_exception_handler(
-        request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError
-    ):
-        exc_str = f"{exc}".replace("\n", " ").replace("   ", " ")
-        logger.error(request, exc_str)
-        content = {
-            "status_code": status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-            "message": exc_str,
-            "data": None,
-        }
-        return JSONResponse(
-            content=content, status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
-        )
-
-
 handle_request_validation_error(app)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/backend/utils/__init__.py b/backend/utils/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..208defb14 100644
--- a/backend/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/utils/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .handle_request_validation_error import handle_request_validation_error
diff --git a/backend/utils/handle_request_validation_error.py b/backend/utils/handle_request_validation_error.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af7676109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/utils/handle_request_validation_error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, status
+from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+from logger import get_logger
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def handle_request_validation_error(app: FastAPI):
+    @app.exception_handler(RequestValidationError)
+    async def validation_exception_handler(
+        request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError
+    ):
+        exc_str = f"{exc}".replace("\n", " ").replace("   ", " ")
+        logger.error(request, exc_str)
+        content = {
+            "status_code": status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+            "message": exc_str,
+            "data": None,
+        }
+        return JSONResponse(
+            content=content, status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
+        )