diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index b1f056a..5089f63 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+var utils    = require( '../utils' );
 var mongoose = require( 'mongoose' );
 var Todo     = mongoose.model( 'Todo' );
-var utils    = require( 'connect' ).utils;
 
 exports.index = function ( req, res, next ){
   var user_id = req.cookies ?
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ecf7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+module.exports = {
+
+  ran_no : function ( min, max ){
+    return Math.floor( Math.random() * ( max - min + 1 )) + min;
+  },
+
+  uid : function ( len ){
+    var str     = '';
+    var src     = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
+    var src_len = src.length;
+    var i       = len;
+
+    for( ; i-- ; ){
+      str += src.charAt( this.ran_no( 0, src_len - 1 ));
+    }
+
+    return str;
+  },
+
+  forbidden : function ( res ){
+    var body       = 'Forbidden';
+    res.statusCode = 403;
+
+    res.setHeader( 'Content-Type', 'text/plain' );
+    res.setHeader( 'Content-Length', body.length );
+    res.end( body );
+  }
+};