diff --git a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock
index 67934a7..fe77ff3 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "basic-jwt"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20108a39851e5d33abc309904eb8f65c9b7c08c1ef3f107dfbe455de75111699"
+checksum = "741afb780192f091b1ceebdc794540a956f3eb96628939f83c5d15e0cb98fa71"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "elliptic-curve",
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml
index 5cc663f..45d34a7 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtweb_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ rust-embed = { version = "8.3.0" }
 mime_guess = "2.0.4"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 nix = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["net"] }
-basic-jwt = "0.1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+basic-jwt = "0.2.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/examples/api_curl.rs b/virtweb_backend/examples/api_curl.rs
index 0a5c3eb..c401f8d 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/examples/api_curl.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/examples/api_curl.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use basic_jwt::{sign_jwt, TokenPrivKey};
+use basic_jwt::JWTPrivateKey;
 use clap::Parser;
 use std::os::unix::prelude::CommandExt;
 use std::process::Command;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fn main() {
     let full_url = format!("{}{}", args.virtweb_url, args.uri);
     log::debug!("Full URL: {full_url}");
 
-    let key = TokenPrivKey::ES384 {
+    let key = JWTPrivateKey::ES384 {
         r#priv: args.token_key,
     };
     let claims = TokenClaims {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn main() {
         nonce: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
     };
 
-    let jwt = sign_jwt(&key, &claims).expect("Failed to sign JWT!");
+    let jwt = key.sign_jwt(&claims).expect("Failed to sign JWT!");
 
     Command::new("curl")
         .args(["-X", &args.verb])
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/api_tokens.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/api_tokens.rs
index be9fa6c..1adaa76 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/api_tokens.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/api_tokens.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::app_config::AppConfig;
 use crate::constants;
 use crate::utils::time_utils::time;
 use actix_http::Method;
-use basic_jwt::{TokenPrivKey, TokenPubKey};
+use basic_jwt::{JWTPrivateKey, JWTPublicKey};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub struct Token {
     created: u64,
     updated: u64,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub pub_key: Option<TokenPubKey>,
+    pub pub_key: Option<JWTPublicKey>,
     pub rights: TokenRights,
     pub last_used: u64,
     pub ip_restriction: Option<ipnetwork::IpNetwork>,
@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ impl NewToken {
 }
 
 /// Create a new Token
-pub async fn create(t: &NewToken) -> anyhow::Result<(Token, TokenPrivKey)> {
-    let (pub_key, priv_key) = basic_jwt::generate_ec384_keypair()?;
+pub async fn create(t: &NewToken) -> anyhow::Result<(Token, JWTPrivateKey)> {
+    let priv_key = JWTPrivateKey::generate_ec384_signing_key()?;
+    let pub_key = priv_key.to_public_key()?;
 
     let token = Token {
         name: t.name.to_string(),
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/api_tokens_controller.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/api_tokens_controller.rs
index 39db79c..a1f2a88 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/api_tokens_controller.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/controllers/api_tokens_controller.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::api_tokens::{NewToken, TokenID, TokenRights};
 use crate::controllers::api_tokens_controller::rest_token::RestToken;
 use crate::controllers::HttpResult;
 use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse};
-use basic_jwt::TokenPrivKey;
+use basic_jwt::JWTPrivateKey;
 
 /// Create a special module for REST token to enforce usage of constructor function
 mod rest_token {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mod rest_token {
 #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
 struct CreateTokenResult {
     token: RestToken,
-    priv_key: TokenPrivKey,
+    priv_key: JWTPrivateKey,
 }
 
 /// Create a new API token
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/extractors/api_auth_extractor.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/extractors/api_auth_extractor.rs
index 0a5aaea..a86def9 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/extractors/api_auth_extractor.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/extractors/api_auth_extractor.rs
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ impl FromRequest for ApiAuthExtractor {
                 return Err(ErrorBadRequest("Unable to validate token!"));
             }
 
-            let claims = match basic_jwt::validate_jwt::<TokenClaims>(
-                &token
-                    .pub_key
-                    .clone()
-                    .expect("All tokens shall have public key!"),
-                &token_jwt,
-            ) {
+            let claims = match token
+                .pub_key
+                .as_ref()
+                .expect("All tokens shall have public key!")
+                .validate_jwt::<TokenClaims>(&token_jwt)
+            {
                 Ok(c) => c,
                 Err(e) => {
                     log::error!("Failed to validate JWT: {e}");