diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/EmployeeApiController.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/EmployeeApiController.swift
index dd4692a..b7d21a6 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/EmployeeApiController.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/EmployeeApiController.swift
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ struct EmployeeApiController: RouteCollection {
 
   @Sendable
   func create(req: Request) async throws -> Employee.DTO {
-    try Employee.Create.validate(content: req)
-    let create = try req.content.decode(Employee.Create.self)
-    return try await employees.create(create)
+    try await employees.create(
+      req.ensureValidContent(Employee.Create.self)
+    )
   }
 
   @Sendable
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ struct EmployeeApiController: RouteCollection {
 
   @Sendable
   func update(req: Request) async throws -> Employee.DTO {
-    try Employee.Update.validate(content: req)
     guard let employeeID = req.parameters.get("employeeID", as: Employee.IDValue.self) else {
       throw Abort(.badRequest, reason: "Employee id value not provided")
     }
-    let updates = try req.content.decode(Employee.Update.self)
+    let updates = try req.ensureValidContent(Employee.Update.self)
     return try await employees.update(employeeID, updates)
   }
 
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/PurchaseOrderApiController.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/PurchaseOrderApiController.swift
index 4bdbb50..c90bf34 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/PurchaseOrderApiController.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/PurchaseOrderApiController.swift
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ struct PurchaseOrderApiController: RouteCollection {
 
   @Sendable
   func create(req: Request) async throws -> PurchaseOrder.DTO {
-    try PurchaseOrder.Create.validate(content: req)
-    let model = try req.content.decode(PurchaseOrder.Create.self)
-    return try await purchaseOrders.create(
-      model,
+    try await purchaseOrders.create(
+      req.ensureValidContent(PurchaseOrder.Create.self),
       req.auth.require(User.self).requireID()
     )
   }
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/UserApiController.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/UserApiController.swift
index 3e457ba..50ac5bf 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/UserApiController.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/UserApiController.swift
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ struct UserApiController: RouteCollection {
         throw Abort(.unauthorized)
       }
     }
-    try User.Create.validate(content: req)
-    let model = try req.content.decode(User.Create.self)
-    return try await users.create(model)
+    return try await users.create(req.ensureValidContent(User.Create.self))
   }
 
   @Sendable
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorApiController.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorApiController.swift
index 419be31..6d7634e 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorApiController.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorApiController.swift
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ struct VendorApiController: RouteCollection {
 
   @Sendable
   func create(req: Request) async throws -> Vendor.DTO {
-    try Vendor.Create.validate(content: req)
-    let model = try req.content.decode(Vendor.Create.self)
-    return try await vendors.create(model)
+    try await vendors.create(req.ensureValidContent(Vendor.Create.self))
   }
 
   @Sendable
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorBranchApiController.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorBranchApiController.swift
index e07fe45..cd2dacf 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorBranchApiController.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/Api/VendorBranchApiController.swift
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ struct VendorBranchApiController: RouteCollection {
     guard let id = req.parameters.get("vendorID", as: Vendor.IDValue.self) else {
       throw Abort(.badRequest, reason: "Vendor id not provided.")
     }
-    try VendorBranch.Create.validate(content: req)
-    let model = try req.content.decode(VendorBranch.Create.self)
-    return try await vendorBranches.create(model, id)
+    return try await vendorBranches.create(
+      req.ensureValidContent(VendorBranch.Create.self),
+      id
+    )
   }
 
   @Sendable
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/DB/EmployeeDB.swift b/Sources/App/DB/EmployeeDB.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/App/Controllers/DB/EmployeeDB.swift
rename to Sources/App/DB/EmployeeDB.swift
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/DB/PurchaseOrderDB.swift b/Sources/App/DB/PurchaseOrderDB.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/App/Controllers/DB/PurchaseOrderDB.swift
rename to Sources/App/DB/PurchaseOrderDB.swift
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/DB/UserDB.swift b/Sources/App/DB/UserDB.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/App/Controllers/DB/UserDB.swift
rename to Sources/App/DB/UserDB.swift
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/DB/VendorBranchDB.swift b/Sources/App/DB/VendorBranchDB.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/App/Controllers/DB/VendorBranchDB.swift
rename to Sources/App/DB/VendorBranchDB.swift
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/DB/VendorDB.swift b/Sources/App/DB/VendorDB.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from Sources/App/Controllers/DB/VendorDB.swift
rename to Sources/App/DB/VendorDB.swift
diff --git a/Sources/App/Extensions/Request+ensureValidContent.swift b/Sources/App/Extensions/Request+ensureValidContent.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa36490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/App/Extensions/Request+ensureValidContent.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import Vapor
+
+extension Request {
+  func ensureValidContent<T>(_ decoding: T.Type) throws -> T where T: Content, T: Validatable {
+    try T.validate(content: self)
+    return try content.decode(T.self)
+  }
+}