diff --git a/src/models/AccountModel.js b/src/models/AccountModel.js
index 8f726e1..0966797 100644
--- a/src/models/AccountModel.js
+++ b/src/models/AccountModel.js
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ const AccountModel = {
         status: "Not Found", message: "Account not found for provided email"};
     }
 
-    const passwordIsCorrect = bcrypt.compareSync(req.body.password, user.password);
-    if (!passwordIsCorrect) {
+    if (!await validPassword(user, req.body.password)) {
       return {status: "Unauthorized", message: "Password not valid"};
     }
 
@@ -36,6 +35,10 @@ const AccountModel = {
     };
   },
 
+  async validPassword(user, password) {
+    return bcrypt.compareSync(password, user.password);
+  },
+
   async validateAccount(req) {
     const query = `SELECT v.*, a.*
       FROM verification_tokens v