diff --git a/src/lib/js/authenticate.ts b/src/lib/js/authenticate.ts
index f163ce59..2e25dc67 100644
--- a/src/lib/js/authenticate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/js/authenticate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { RequestEvent } from "@sveltejs/kit";
 import { COOKIE_SECRET } from "$env/static/private";
-import { verify } from "jsonwebtoken";
+import pkg from 'jsonwebtoken';
+const { verify } = pkg;
 import { error } from "@sveltejs/kit";
 import { dbConnect, dbDisconnect } from "../../utils/db";
 import { User } from "../../models/User";;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/login/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/login/+server.ts
index 05754ad8..656e5a57 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/login/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/login/+server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { RequestHandler } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
-import { sign } from 'jsonwebtoken';
+import pkg from 'jsonwebtoken';
+const { sign } = pkg;
 import { verify} from 'argon2';
 import { COOKIE_SECRET } from '$env/static/private'
 import { PEPPER } from '$env/static/private'
diff --git a/src/routes/api/verify/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/verify/+server.ts
index 50d3aa15..ad41d82d 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/verify/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/verify/+server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { RequestHandler } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
-import { verify } from 'jsonwebtoken';
+import pkg from 'jsonwebtoken';
+const { verify } = pkg;
 import { hash}  from 'argon2';
 import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
 import { COOKIE_SECRET } from '$env/static/private'