diff --git a/.idea/acrate.iml b/.idea/acrate.iml
index 8ef4dcf..01a6e70 100644
--- a/.idea/acrate.iml
+++ b/.idea/acrate.iml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/acrate_mime/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/acrate_rdserver/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/acrate_database/tests" isTestSource="true" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/acrate_utils/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d528923..1e44dab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "2"
-members = ["acrate_database", "acrate_rd", "acrate_nodeinfo", "acrate_rdserver"]
+members = ["acrate_database", "acrate_rd", "acrate_nodeinfo", "acrate_rdserver", "acrate_utils"]
diff --git a/acrate_utils/Cargo.toml b/acrate_utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..099c1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acrate_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "acrate_utils"
+version = "0.3.0"
+authors = ["Stefano Pigozzi <me@steffo.eu>"]
+edition = "2021"
+description = "Utilities for the acrate project"
+repository = "https://forge.steffo.eu/unimore/tirocinio-canali-steffo-acrate"
+license = "EUPL-1.2"
+keywords = []
+categories = []
+
+[dependencies]
+axum = { version = "0.7.7", features = ["macros"] }
+axum-extra = { version = "0.9.4", features = ["query"] }
+log = { version = "0.4.22", features = ["std", "max_level_trace", "release_max_level_debug"] }
+pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
+mediatype = { version = "0.19.18", features = ["serde"] }
+
+[lints.clippy]
+tabs-in-doc-comments = "allow"
diff --git a/acrate_utils/src/lib.rs b/acrate_utils/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b93cf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acrate_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+pub fn add(left: u64, right: u64) -> u64 {
+    left + right
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = add(2, 2);
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}