diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ef176b..d31366b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ axum = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 axum-extra = { version = "0.9", features = ["cookie"], optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 once_cell = { version = "1.19", optional = true }
-surrealdb = { version = "2.0", features = [], optional = true }
+surrealdb = { version = "2.0", features = ["kv-rocksdb"], optional = true }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0" }
 
 csv = { version = "1.3", optional = true }
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ manganis = "0.2"
 
 [features]
 default = []
-server = [ "dioxus/axum", "tokio", "axum", "axum-extra", "time", "once_cell", "surrealdb/kv-rocksdb", "csv" ]
-web = ["dioxus/web", "surrealdb"]
+server = [ "dioxus/axum", "tokio", "axum", "axum-extra", "time", "once_cell", "surrealdb", "csv" ]
+web = ["dioxus/web"]
diff --git a/src/util/model/member.rs b/src/util/model/member.rs
index 3f184b9..a0e8596 100644
--- a/src/util/model/member.rs
+++ b/src/util/model/member.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
-use crate::util::surrealdb::DB;
+use crate::util::surrealdb::{thing_to_string, DB};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ mod migration;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub struct Member {
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "server", serde(deserialize_with = "thing_to_string"))]
     pub id: String,
     pub name: Name,
     pub hours: Vec<String>,
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ pub struct MembersMigration {
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
 impl Member {
     pub async fn fetch_all() -> Result<Vec<Self>, surrealdb::Error> {
-        let mut res = DB.query("SELECT record::id(id) as id, name.first, name.full, hours, groups, diploma, registration_token FROM member").await?;
+        let mut res = DB.query("SELECT id, name.first, name.full, hours, groups, diploma, registration_token FROM member").await?;
 
         let members: Vec<Self> = res.take(0)?;
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ impl Member {
         registration_token: String,
     ) -> Result<Option<Self>, surrealdb::Error> {
         let mut res = DB
-            .query("SELECT record::id(id) as id, name.first, name.full, hours, groups, diploma, registration_token FROM ONLY member WHERE registration_token = $registration_token LIMIT 1")
+            .query("SELECT id, name.first, name.full, hours, groups, diploma, registration_token FROM ONLY member WHERE registration_token = $registration_token LIMIT 1")
             .bind(("registration_token", registration_token))
             .await?;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ impl Member {
     pub async fn fetch_from_user(user_id: String) -> Result<Vec<Self>, crate::Error> {
         let mut res = DB
             .query(
-                "SELECT VALUE array::map(->user_to_member->member.*, |$obj| {{ id: record::id($obj.id), }}) FROM ONLY type::thing('user', $user_id)",
+                "SELECT VALUE ->user_to_member->member.* FROM ONLY type::thing('user', $user_id)",
             )
             .bind(("user_id", user_id))
             .await?;
diff --git a/src/util/model/session.rs b/src/util/model/session.rs
index 3b92313..daf0481 100644
--- a/src/util/model/session.rs
+++ b/src/util/model/session.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
-use crate::util::surrealdb::DB;
+use crate::util::surrealdb::{thing_to_string, DB};
 use dioxus::prelude::*;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use super::user::User;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub struct Session {
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "server", serde(deserialize_with = "thing_to_string"))]
     id: String,
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "server", serde(deserialize_with = "thing_to_string"))]
     user_id: String,
     expires: i64,
     token: String,
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Session {
 impl Session {
     pub async fn new(user_id: String) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
         let mut res = DB
-            .query("CREATE ONLY session SET user = type::thing('user', $user_id) RETURN record::id(id) as id, record::id(user) as user_id, time::unix(expires) as expires, token;")
+            .query("CREATE ONLY session SET user = type::thing('user', $user_id) RETURN id, user as user_id, time::unix(expires) as expires, token;")
             .bind(("user_id", user_id))
             .await?;
 
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ impl Session {
 
     pub async fn fetch_user_from_token(session_token: String) -> Result<User, crate::Error> {
         let mut res = DB
-            .query("SELECT record::id(user) as id, user.email as email FROM session WHERE token = $session_token")
+            .query(
+                "SELECT user as id, user.email as email FROM session WHERE token = $session_token",
+            )
             .bind(("session_token", session_token))
             .await?;
 
diff --git a/src/util/model/user.rs b/src/util/model/user.rs
index 7e9dc07..72c1304 100644
--- a/src/util/model/user.rs
+++ b/src/util/model/user.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
-use crate::util::surrealdb::DB;
+use crate::util::surrealdb::{thing_to_string, DB};
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use surrealdb::sql::statements::{BeginStatement, CommitStatement};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub struct User {
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "server", serde(deserialize_with = "thing_to_string"))]
     pub id: String,
     pub email: String,
     password: Option<String>,
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ impl User {
     ) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
         // Create user record
         let mut transaction = DB.query(BeginStatement::default())
-            .query("let $user = CREATE ONLY user SET email = $email, password = crypto::argon2::generate($password) RETURN record::id(id) as id, email;")
+            .query("let $user = CREATE ONLY user SET email = $email, password = crypto::argon2::generate($password) RETURN id, email;")
             .bind(("email", email))
             .bind(("password", password));
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ impl User {
         password: String,
     ) -> Result<String, crate::Error> {
         let mut res = DB
-            .query("SELECT VALUE record::id(id) as id FROM user WHERE email = $email AND crypto::argon2::compare(password, $password)")
+            .query("SELECT VALUE id FROM user WHERE email = $email AND crypto::argon2::compare(password, $password)")
             .bind(("email", email)).bind(("password", password))
             .await?;
 
diff --git a/src/util/surrealdb.rs b/src/util/surrealdb.rs
index 21cfb74..8eb9c4a 100644
--- a/src/util/surrealdb.rs
+++ b/src/util/surrealdb.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use surrealdb::engine::local::{Db, RocksDb};
+use surrealdb::sql::Thing;
 use surrealdb::Surreal;
 
 pub static DB: Lazy<Surreal<Db>> = Lazy::new(|| Surreal::init());
 
+pub fn thing_to_string<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<String, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let t = Thing::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    Ok(t.id.to_raw())
+}
+
 pub async fn initialize() -> surrealdb::Result<()> {
     DB.connect::<RocksDb>("./database").await?;