diff --git a/runtime/src/encryption.rs b/runtime/src/encryption.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c49108c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/src/encryption.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use base64::Engine;
+use base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD;
+use aes::cipher::{block_padding::Pkcs7, BlockDecryptMut, BlockEncryptMut, KeyIvInit};
+use hmac::Hmac;
+use log::info;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use pbkdf2::pbkdf2;
+use rand::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
+use rocket::{data, Data, Request};
+use rocket::data::ToByteUnit;
+use rocket::http::Status;
+use rocket::serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sha2::Sha512;
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+
+type Aes256CbcEnc = cbc::Encryptor<aes::Aes256>;
+
+type Aes256CbcDec = cbc::Decryptor<aes::Aes256>;
+
+type DataOutcome<'r, T> = data::Outcome<'r, T>;
+
+pub static ENCRYPTION: Lazy<Encryption> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    //
+    // Generate a secret key & salt for the AES encryption for the IPC channel:
+    //
+    let mut secret_key = [0u8; 512]; // 512 bytes = 4096 bits
+    let mut secret_key_salt = [0u8; 16]; // 16 bytes = 128 bits
+
+    // We use a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator
+    // to generate the secret password & salt. ChaCha20Rng is the algorithm
+    // of our choice:
+    let mut rng = rand_chacha::ChaChaRng::from_entropy();
+
+    // Fill the secret key & salt with random bytes:
+    rng.fill_bytes(&mut secret_key);
+    rng.fill_bytes(&mut secret_key_salt);
+
+    Encryption::new(&secret_key, &secret_key_salt).unwrap()
+});
+
+pub struct Encryption {
+    key: [u8; 32],
+    iv: [u8; 16],
+
+    pub secret_password: [u8; 512],
+    pub secret_key_salt: [u8; 16],
+}
+
+impl Encryption {
+    // The number of iterations to derive the key and IV from the password. For a password
+    // manager where the user has to enter their primary password, 100 iterations would be
+    // too few and insecure. Here, the use case is different: We generate a 512-byte long
+    // and cryptographically secure password at every start. This password already contains
+    // enough entropy. In our case, we need key and IV primarily because AES, with the
+    // algorithms we chose, requires a fixed key length, and our password is too long.
+    const ITERATIONS: u32 = 100;
+
+    pub fn new(secret_password: &[u8], secret_key_salt: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        if secret_password.len() != 512 {
+            return Err("The secret password must be 512 bytes long.".to_string());
+        }
+
+        if secret_key_salt.len() != 16 {
+            return Err("The salt must be 16 bytes long.".to_string());
+        }
+
+        info!(Source = "Encryption"; "Initializing encryption...");
+        let mut encryption = Encryption {
+            key: [0u8; 32],
+            iv: [0u8; 16],
+
+            secret_password: [0u8; 512],
+            secret_key_salt: [0u8; 16],
+        };
+
+        encryption.secret_password.copy_from_slice(secret_password);
+        encryption.secret_key_salt.copy_from_slice(secret_key_salt);
+
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let mut key_iv = [0u8; 48];
+        pbkdf2::<Hmac<Sha512>>(secret_password, secret_key_salt, Self::ITERATIONS, &mut key_iv).map_err(|e| format!("Error while generating key and IV: {e}"))?;
+        encryption.key.copy_from_slice(&key_iv[0..32]);
+        encryption.iv.copy_from_slice(&key_iv[32..48]);
+
+        let duration = start.elapsed();
+        let duration = duration.as_millis();
+        info!(Source = "Encryption"; "Encryption initialized in {duration} milliseconds.", );
+
+        Ok(encryption)
+    }
+
+    pub fn encrypt(&self, data: &str) -> Result<EncryptedText, String> {
+        let cipher = Aes256CbcEnc::new(&self.key.into(), &self.iv.into());
+        let encrypted = cipher.encrypt_padded_vec_mut::<Pkcs7>(data.as_bytes());
+        let mut result = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(self.secret_key_salt);
+        result.push_str(&BASE64_STANDARD.encode(&encrypted));
+        Ok(EncryptedText::new(result))
+    }
+
+    pub fn decrypt(&self, encrypted_data: &EncryptedText) -> Result<String, String> {
+        let decoded = BASE64_STANDARD.decode(encrypted_data.get_encrypted()).map_err(|e| format!("Error decoding base64: {e}"))?;
+
+        if decoded.len() < 16 {
+            return Err("Encrypted data is too short.".to_string());
+        }
+
+        let (salt, encrypted) = decoded.split_at(16);
+        if salt != self.secret_key_salt {
+            return Err("The salt bytes do not match. The data is corrupted or tampered.".to_string());
+        }
+
+        let cipher = Aes256CbcDec::new(&self.key.into(), &self.iv.into());
+        let decrypted = cipher.decrypt_padded_vec_mut::<Pkcs7>(encrypted).map_err(|e| format!("Error decrypting data: {e}"))?;
+
+        String::from_utf8(decrypted).map_err(|e| format!("Error converting decrypted data to string: {}", e))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct EncryptedText(String);
+
+impl EncryptedText {
+    pub fn new(encrypted_data: String) -> Self {
+        EncryptedText(encrypted_data)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_encrypted(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for EncryptedText {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "EncryptedText(**********)")
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for EncryptedText {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "**********")
+    }
+}
+
+// Use Case: When we receive encrypted text from the client as body (e.g., in a POST request).
+// We must interpret the body as EncryptedText.
+#[rocket::async_trait]
+impl<'r> data::FromData<'r> for EncryptedText {
+    type Error = String;
+    async fn from_data(req: &'r Request<'_>, data: Data<'r>) -> DataOutcome<'r, Self> {
+        let content_type = req.content_type();
+        if content_type.map_or(true, |ct| !ct.is_text()) {
+            return DataOutcome::Forward((data, Status::Ok));
+        }
+
+        let mut stream = data.open(2.mebibytes());
+        let mut body = String::new();
+        if let Err(e) = stream.read_to_string(&mut body).await {
+            return DataOutcome::Error((Status::InternalServerError, format!("Failed to read data: {}", e)));
+        }
+
+        DataOutcome::Success(EncryptedText(body))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/src/lib.rs b/runtime/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b429dff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod encryption;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/src/main.rs b/runtime/src/main.rs
index 424d9294..97afce06 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/main.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ extern crate rocket;
 extern crate core;
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet};
-use std::fmt;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, OnceLock};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
 use arboard::Clipboard;
 use base64::Engine;
 use base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD;
-use aes::cipher::{block_padding::Pkcs7, BlockDecryptMut, BlockEncryptMut, KeyIvInit};
 use keyring::Entry;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tauri::{Manager, Url, Window};
@@ -22,29 +20,21 @@ use tauri::api::process::{Command, CommandChild, CommandEvent};
 use tokio::time;
 use flexi_logger::{DeferredNow, Duplicate, FileSpec, Logger};
 use flexi_logger::writers::FileLogWriter;
-use hmac::Hmac;
 use keyring::error::Error::NoEntry;
 use log::{debug, error, info, kv, warn};
 use log::kv::{Key, Value, VisitSource};
-use pbkdf2::pbkdf2;
 use rand::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
 use rcgen::generate_simple_self_signed;
 use rocket::figment::Figment;
-use rocket::{data, get, post, routes, Data, Request};
+use rocket::{get, post, routes, Request};
 use rocket::config::{Shutdown};
-use rocket::data::{ToByteUnit};
 use rocket::http::Status;
 use rocket::request::{FromRequest};
 use rocket::serde::json::Json;
-use sha2::{Sha256, Sha512, Digest};
+use sha2::{Sha256, Digest};
 use tauri::updater::UpdateResponse;
-use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
-type Aes256CbcEnc = cbc::Encryptor<aes::Aes256>;
-
-type Aes256CbcDec = cbc::Decryptor<aes::Aes256>;
-
-type DataOutcome<'r, T> = data::Outcome<'r, T>;
+use mindwork_ai_studio::encryption::{EncryptedText, ENCRYPTION};
 
 type RequestOutcome<R, T> = rocket::request::Outcome<R, T>;
 
@@ -75,25 +65,6 @@ static MAIN_WINDOW: Lazy<Mutex<Option<Window>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None))
 // The update response coming from the Tauri updater.
 static CHECK_UPDATE_RESPONSE: Lazy<Mutex<Option<UpdateResponse<tauri::Wry>>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
 
-static ENCRYPTION: Lazy<Encryption> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    //
-    // Generate a secret key & salt for the AES encryption for the IPC channel:
-    //
-    let mut secret_key = [0u8; 512]; // 512 bytes = 4096 bits
-    let mut secret_key_salt = [0u8; 16]; // 16 bytes = 128 bits
-
-    // We use a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator
-    // to generate the secret password & salt. ChaCha20Rng is the algorithm
-    // of our choice:
-    let mut rng = rand_chacha::ChaChaRng::from_entropy();
-
-    // Fill the secret key & salt with random bytes:
-    rng.fill_bytes(&mut secret_key);
-    rng.fill_bytes(&mut secret_key_salt);
-
-    Encryption::new(&secret_key, &secret_key_salt).unwrap()
-});
-
 static API_TOKEN: Lazy<APIToken> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let mut token = [0u8; 32];
     let mut rng = rand_chacha::ChaChaRng::from_entropy();
@@ -590,130 +561,6 @@ pub fn file_logger_format(
     write!(w, "{}", &record.args())
 }
 
-pub struct Encryption {
-    key: [u8; 32],
-    iv: [u8; 16],
-
-    secret_password: [u8; 512],
-    secret_key_salt: [u8; 16],
-}
-
-impl Encryption {
-    // The number of iterations to derive the key and IV from the password. For a password
-    // manager where the user has to enter their primary password, 100 iterations would be
-    // too few and insecure. Here, the use case is different: We generate a 512-byte long
-    // and cryptographically secure password at every start. This password already contains
-    // enough entropy. In our case, we need key and IV primarily because AES, with the
-    // algorithms we chose, requires a fixed key length, and our password is too long.
-    const ITERATIONS: u32 = 100;
-
-    pub fn new(secret_password: &[u8], secret_key_salt: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, String> {
-        if secret_password.len() != 512 {
-            return Err("The secret password must be 512 bytes long.".to_string());
-        }
-
-        if secret_key_salt.len() != 16 {
-            return Err("The salt must be 16 bytes long.".to_string());
-        }
-
-        info!(Source = "Encryption"; "Initializing encryption...");
-        let mut encryption = Encryption {
-            key: [0u8; 32],
-            iv: [0u8; 16],
-
-            secret_password: [0u8; 512],
-            secret_key_salt: [0u8; 16],
-        };
-
-        encryption.secret_password.copy_from_slice(secret_password);
-        encryption.secret_key_salt.copy_from_slice(secret_key_salt);
-
-        let start = Instant::now();
-        let mut key_iv = [0u8; 48];
-        pbkdf2::<Hmac<Sha512>>(secret_password, secret_key_salt, Self::ITERATIONS, &mut key_iv).map_err(|e| format!("Error while generating key and IV: {e}"))?;
-        encryption.key.copy_from_slice(&key_iv[0..32]);
-        encryption.iv.copy_from_slice(&key_iv[32..48]);
-
-        let duration = start.elapsed();
-        let duration = duration.as_millis();
-        info!(Source = "Encryption"; "Encryption initialized in {duration} milliseconds.", );
-
-        Ok(encryption)
-    }
-
-    pub fn encrypt(&self, data: &str) -> Result<EncryptedText, String> {
-        let cipher = Aes256CbcEnc::new(&self.key.into(), &self.iv.into());
-        let encrypted = cipher.encrypt_padded_vec_mut::<Pkcs7>(data.as_bytes());
-        let mut result = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(self.secret_key_salt);
-        result.push_str(&BASE64_STANDARD.encode(&encrypted));
-        Ok(EncryptedText::new(result))
-    }
-
-    pub fn decrypt(&self, encrypted_data: &EncryptedText) -> Result<String, String> {
-        let decoded = BASE64_STANDARD.decode(encrypted_data.get_encrypted()).map_err(|e| format!("Error decoding base64: {e}"))?;
-
-        if decoded.len() < 16 {
-            return Err("Encrypted data is too short.".to_string());
-        }
-
-        let (salt, encrypted) = decoded.split_at(16);
-        if salt != self.secret_key_salt {
-            return Err("The salt bytes do not match. The data is corrupted or tampered.".to_string());
-        }
-
-        let cipher = Aes256CbcDec::new(&self.key.into(), &self.iv.into());
-        let decrypted = cipher.decrypt_padded_vec_mut::<Pkcs7>(encrypted).map_err(|e| format!("Error decrypting data: {e}"))?;
-
-        String::from_utf8(decrypted).map_err(|e| format!("Error converting decrypted data to string: {}", e))
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct EncryptedText(String);
-
-impl EncryptedText {
-    pub fn new(encrypted_data: String) -> Self {
-        EncryptedText(encrypted_data)
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_encrypted(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.0
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Debug for EncryptedText {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "EncryptedText(**********)")
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for EncryptedText {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "**********")
-    }
-}
-
-// Use Case: When we receive encrypted text from the client as body (e.g., in a POST request).
-// We must interpret the body as EncryptedText.
-#[rocket::async_trait]
-impl<'r> data::FromData<'r> for EncryptedText {
-    type Error = String;
-    async fn from_data(req: &'r Request<'_>, data: Data<'r>) -> DataOutcome<'r, Self> {
-        let content_type = req.content_type();
-        if content_type.map_or(true, |ct| !ct.is_text()) {
-            return DataOutcome::Forward((data, Status::Ok));
-        }
-
-        let mut stream = data.open(2.mebibytes());
-        let mut body = String::new();
-        if let Err(e) = stream.read_to_string(&mut body).await {
-            return DataOutcome::Error((Status::InternalServerError, format!("Failed to read data: {}", e)));
-        }
-
-        DataOutcome::Success(EncryptedText(body))
-    }
-}
-
 #[get("/system/dotnet/port")]
 fn dotnet_port(_token: APIToken) -> String {
     let dotnet_server_port = *DOTNET_SERVER_PORT;