diff --git a/internal/api/middleware/middleware.go b/internal/api/middleware/middleware.go
index 088c165..b21d666 100644
--- a/internal/api/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/internal/api/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ func GetEchoWithDefaultMiddleware() *echo.Echo {
 
 	gen := generators.NewID()
 
+	e.Use(middleware.Recover())
+
 	e.Use(middleware.RequestIDWithConfig(middleware.RequestIDConfig{
 		Skipper:      middleware.DefaultSkipper,
 		Generator:    gen.GetStringOrPanic,
@@ -26,6 +28,5 @@ func GetEchoWithDefaultMiddleware() *echo.Echo {
 		`"status":${status},"error":"${error}","latency":"${latency_human}"` +
 		`,"bytes_in":${bytes_in},"bytes_out":${bytes_out}}` + "\n"
 	e.Use(middleware.LoggerWithConfig(loggerCfg))
-	e.Use(middleware.Recover())
 	return e
 }
diff --git a/internal/api/store/migrate.go b/internal/api/store/migrate.go
index 627d4f8..d23f8aa 100644
--- a/internal/api/store/migrate.go
+++ b/internal/api/store/migrate.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package store
 
 import (
-	"embed"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
@@ -18,34 +17,24 @@ func (db *Database) migrate(cfg *Config) error {
 		return errors.New("migrations dir is not defined")
 	}
 	db.log.Debug("starting migration")
-	change, err := runMigrations(cfg.DSN, cfg.MigrationsDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if change {
-		db.log.Info("migration is complete")
-	} else {
-		db.log.Debug("db is up to date")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
 
-func runMigrations(dsn string, migrationsDir *embed.FS) (bool, error) {
-	d, err := iofs.New(migrationsDir, "migrations")
+	d, err := iofs.New(cfg.MigrationsDir, "migrations")
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to return an iofs driver: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to return an iofs driver: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	m, err := migrate.NewWithSourceInstance("iofs", d, dsn)
+	m, err := migrate.NewWithSourceInstance("iofs", d, cfg.DSN)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get a new migrate instance: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get a new migrate instance: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if err = m.Up(); err != nil {
 		if !errors.Is(err, migrate.ErrNoChange) {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to apply migrations to the DB: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to apply migrations to the DB: %w", err)
 		}
-		return false, nil
+		db.log.Debug("db is up to date")
+	} else {
+		db.log.Info("migration is complete")
 	}
-	return true, nil
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/api/user/auth/auth.go b/internal/api/user/auth/auth.go
index 6e329bf..c2f9443 100644
--- a/internal/api/user/auth/auth.go
+++ b/internal/api/user/auth/auth.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ const (
 
 	jwtCookieName = "vidiSessID"
 
-	SessionContextKey = "vUser"
+	sessionContextKey = "vUser"
 
-	RoleNameService = "service"
+	roleNameService = "service"
 )
 
 // Auth us an authenticator that can
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ type Claims struct {
 	jwt.RegisteredClaims
 }
 
+func (c *Claims) IsService() bool {
+	return c.Role == roleNameService
+}
+
 func (a *Auth) expirationTime() time.Time {
 	return time.Now().Add(a.expiration)
 }
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ func (a *Auth) NewTokenForService(name string) (string, error) {
 	claims := &Claims{
 		UserID: fmt.Sprintf("svc-%s", id),
 		Name:   name,
-		Role:   RoleNameService,
+		Role:   roleNameService,
 		RegisteredClaims: jwt.RegisteredClaims{
 			ExpiresAt: jwt.NewNumericDate(a.expirationTime()),
 		},
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ func (a *Auth) makeSignedJwt(claims *Claims) (string, error) {
 func (a *Auth) MiddlewareUser() echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return echojwt.WithConfig(echojwt.Config{
 		ContinueOnIgnoredError: false,
-		ContextKey:             SessionContextKey,
+		ContextKey:             sessionContextKey,
 		SigningKey:             a.secret,
 		SigningMethod:          echojwt.AlgorithmHS256,
 		TokenLookup:            "cookie:" + jwtCookieName,
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ func (a *Auth) MiddlewareUser() echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 func (a *Auth) MiddlewareService() echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return echojwt.WithConfig(echojwt.Config{
 		ContinueOnIgnoredError: false,
-		ContextKey:             SessionContextKey,
+		ContextKey:             sessionContextKey,
 		SigningKey:             a.secret,
 		SigningMethod:          echojwt.AlgorithmHS256,
 		TokenLookup:            "header:Authorization:Bearer ", // space is important!
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ func (a *Auth) MiddlewareService() echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 }
 
 func GetClaimFromContext(c echo.Context) (*Claims, error) {
-	token, ok := c.Get(SessionContextKey).(*jwt.Token)
+	token, ok := c.Get(sessionContextKey).(*jwt.Token)
 	if !ok || token == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("cannot get jwt token from session context")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/api/user/store/migrations/00001_init.up.sql b/internal/api/user/store/migrations/00001_init.up.sql
index 70bf631..b6e3eae 100644
--- a/internal/api/user/store/migrations/00001_init.up.sql
+++ b/internal/api/user/store/migrations/00001_init.up.sql
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ CREATE TABLE users (
                       CONSTRAINT hash_not_empty CHECK (hash != '')
 );
 
-CREATE UNIQUE INDEX users_id On users (id);
-CREATE UNIQUE INDEX users_name On users (name);
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX users_id ON users (id);
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX users_name ON users (name);
 CREATE INDEX users_created_at ON users (created_at);
 
 COMMIT;
diff --git a/internal/api/user/store/store.go b/internal/api/user/store/store.go
index 855f1ad..47b00b4 100644
--- a/internal/api/user/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/api/user/store/store.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	saltLen = 10
-
 	bcryptCost = 10
 
 	constrainUID      = "users_id"
@@ -30,19 +28,14 @@ var migrations embed.FS
 type Store struct {
 	*store.Database
 	logger *zap.Logger
-	salt   []byte
 }
 
 type Config struct {
 	Logger *zap.Logger
 	DSN    string
-	Salt   string
 }
 
 func New(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Store, error) {
-	if len(cfg.Salt) != saltLen {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("salt length must be %d", saltLen)
-	}
 	logger := cfg.Logger.With(zap.String("component", "database"))
 	s, err := store.New(ctx, &store.Config{
 		Logger:        logger,
@@ -56,7 +49,6 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Store, error) {
 	return &Store{
 		Database: s,
 		logger:   logger,
-		salt:     []byte(cfg.Salt),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -111,16 +103,8 @@ func handleDBErr(err error) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("postgress error: %w", pgErr)
 }
 
-// salted prepends statically configured string to password.
-func (s *Store) salted(pwd string) []byte {
-	// TODO I dunno if manual salting is helping anything here
-	//	 because bcrypt also uses random salt by itself
-	//	 and we can't reproduce same hash anyway.
-	return append(s.salt, []byte(pwd)...)
-}
-
 func (s *Store) hashPwd(pwd string) (string, error) {
-	b, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword(s.salted(pwd), bcryptCost)
+	b, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(pwd), bcryptCost)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot hash password: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -129,7 +113,7 @@ func (s *Store) hashPwd(pwd string) (string, error) {
 
 // compare does 'special' bcrypt-comparison of hashes since we cannot compare them directly.
 func (s *Store) compare(hash, pwd string) error {
-	if err := bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), s.salted(pwd)); err != nil {
+	if err := bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), []byte(pwd)); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, bcrypt.ErrMismatchedHashAndPassword) {
 			return model.ErrIncorrectCredentials
 		}
diff --git a/internal/api/video/model/status.go b/internal/api/video/model/status.go
index ca485c1..f480c38 100644
--- a/internal/api/video/model/status.go
+++ b/internal/api/video/model/status.go
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 // Video statuses.
 // TODO: May be transitive statuses are redundant?
-// TODO: How these statuses will map to DB enums? (or don't use enums may be?)
 const (
-	VideoStatusError = iota - 1
+	VideoStatusError Status = iota - 1
 	VideoStatusCreated
 	VideoStatusUploading
 	VideoStatusUploaded
diff --git a/internal/api/video/serviceapi.go b/internal/api/video/serviceapi.go
index f00ab30..9328226 100644
--- a/internal/api/video/serviceapi.go
+++ b/internal/api/video/serviceapi.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (svc *Service) getServiceSession(c echo.Context) error {
 		zap.String("name", claims.Name),
 		zap.String("role", claims.Role))
 
-	if claims.Role == auth.RoleNameService {
+	if claims.IsService() {
 		svc.logger.Debug("service auth ok")
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index c9f21bd..5e6b02b 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ func (app *App) setConfigDefaults() {
 	v.SetDefault("api.prefix", "/api")
 	// DB
 	v.SetDefault("database.dsn", "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres")
-	v.SetDefault("database.salt", "changeMe")
 	// Processor
 	v.SetDefault("processor.segment_duration", defaultSegmentDuration)
 	v.SetDefault("processor.video_check_period", defaultVideoCheckInterval)
diff --git a/internal/app/user/app.go b/internal/app/user/app.go
index 6a3d673..db3d0cb 100644
--- a/internal/app/user/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/user/app.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ func (a *App) configure(ctx context.Context) ([]app.Runner, []app.Closer, bool)
 	storeCfg := &store.Config{
 		Logger: logger,
 		DSN:    v.GetURL("database.dsn"),
-		Salt:   v.GetString("database.salt"),
 	}
 	svcCfg := &user.ServiceConfig{
 		Logger:    logger,