diff --git a/src/cli/cmds/sumsub-cmds/applicant-details.ts b/src/cli/cmds/sumsub-cmds/applicant-details.ts
index 9496639..90ce2c3 100644
--- a/src/cli/cmds/sumsub-cmds/applicant-details.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cmds/sumsub-cmds/applicant-details.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Arguments } from 'yargs';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-import { sumsubAxios } from '../../..';
+
+import { sumsubAxios } from '../../../utils';
 
 dotenv.config();
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6098b5c..923129d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,15 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import axios, { InternalAxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-import FormData from 'form-data';
-import crypto from 'crypto';
-import assert from 'assert';
 import cors from 'cors';
 
+import { sumsubAxios } from './utils';
+
 dotenv.config();
 
 const SUMSUB_BASE_URL = 'https://api.sumsub.com';
 const DEFAULT_KYC_LEVEL = process.env.KYC_LEVEL || 'basic-kyc-level';
 const DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_IN_SECS = process.env.TTL_IN_SECS || 600;
 
-const sumsubAxios = axios.create();
-
-sumsubAxios.interceptors.request.use(createSignature, function (error) {
-  return Promise.reject(error);
-})
-
-export { sumsubAxios };
-
-// This function creates signature for the request as described here: https://developers.sumsub.com/api-reference/#app-tokens
-function createSignature(config: InternalAxiosRequestConfig) {
-  assert(config.method);
-
-  console.log('Creating a signature for the request...');
-
-  var ts = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-  const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256',  process.env.SUMSUB_SECRET_KEY || "");
-  signature.update(ts + config.method.toUpperCase() + config.url);
-
-  if (config.data instanceof FormData) {
-    signature.update(config.data.getBuffer());
-  } else if (config.data) {
-    signature.update(config.data);
-  }
-
-  config.headers['X-App-Access-Ts'] = ts;
-  config.headers['X-App-Access-Sig'] = signature.digest('hex');
-
-  return config;
-}
-
 // https://developers.sumsub.com/api-reference/#access-tokens-for-sdks
 function createAccessToken (externalUserId: string, levelName: string, ttlInSecs: number) {
   const config: any = { baseURL: SUMSUB_BASE_URL};
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d5caf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import axios, { InternalAxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
+import FormData from 'form-data';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+const sumsubAxios = axios.create();
+
+sumsubAxios.interceptors.request.use(createSignature, function (error) {
+  return Promise.reject(error);
+})
+
+export { sumsubAxios };
+
+// This function creates signature for the request as described here: https://developers.sumsub.com/api-reference/#app-tokens
+function createSignature(config: InternalAxiosRequestConfig) {
+  assert(config.method);
+
+  var ts = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+  const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256',  process.env.SUMSUB_SECRET_KEY || "");
+  signature.update(ts + config.method.toUpperCase() + config.url);
+
+  if (config.data instanceof FormData) {
+    signature.update(config.data.getBuffer());
+  } else if (config.data) {
+    signature.update(config.data);
+  }
+
+  config.headers['X-App-Access-Ts'] = ts;
+  config.headers['X-App-Access-Sig'] = signature.digest('hex');
+
+  return config;
+}