diff --git a/src/api/auth/login.ts b/src/api/auth/login.ts
index 7a71395..53cc90b 100644
--- a/src/api/auth/login.ts
+++ b/src/api/auth/login.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { getUser, UserLoginModel } from '@/controller/UserController';
+import { getUser } from '@/controller/UserController';
+import UserLoginModel from '@/models/UserLoginModel';
 import { comparePassword } from '@/controller/AuthController';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { User } from '@prisma/client';
diff --git a/src/api/auth/signup.ts b/src/api/auth/signup.ts
index b6a9f19..0d58ec7 100644
--- a/src/api/auth/signup.ts
+++ b/src/api/auth/signup.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { newUser, UserModel } from '@/controller/UserController';
+import { newUser } from '@/controller/UserController';
+import UserModel from '@/models/UserModel';
 import { hashPassword } from '@/controller/AuthController';
 import { User } from '@prisma/client';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
diff --git a/src/controller/UserController.ts b/src/controller/UserController.ts
index 62f776e..c970215 100644
--- a/src/controller/UserController.ts
+++ b/src/controller/UserController.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
 import { PrismaClient, User } from '@prisma/client';
-import * as z from 'zod';
-
-const UserModel = z.object({
-  email: z.string().email(),
-  password: z.string(),
-  firstname: z.string(),
-  lastname: z.string(),
-});
-
-const UserLoginModel = z.object({
-  email: z.string().email(),
-  password: z.string(),
-});
 
 const prisma = new PrismaClient();
 
@@ -33,4 +20,4 @@ const newUser = (user: User) => {
   return prismaUser;
 };
 
-export { getUser, newUser, UserModel, UserLoginModel };
+export { getUser, newUser };
diff --git a/src/models/UserLoginModel.ts b/src/models/UserLoginModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1679190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/UserLoginModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+const UserLoginModel = z.object({
+  email: z.string().email(),
+  password: z.string(),
+});
+
+export default UserLoginModel;
diff --git a/src/models/UserModel.ts b/src/models/UserModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..566a132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/UserModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+const UserModel = z.object({
+  id: z.string().optional(),
+  email: z.string().email(),
+  password: z.string(),
+  firstname: z.string(),
+  lastname: z.string(),
+  role: z.string().default('user'),
+  posts: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+});
+
+export default UserModel;