diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/oidc.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/oidc.ts
index b6d5eb52e9..83bfde28b6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/oidc.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/sso/oidc.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import * as sso from "./sso"
 import { ssoCallbackUrl } from "../utils"
+import { validEmail } from "../../../utils"
 import {
   ConfigType,
   OIDCInnerConfig,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   JwtClaims,
   SaveSSOUserFunction,
 } from "@budibase/types"
+
 const OIDCStrategy = require("@techpass/passport-openidconnect").Strategy
 
 export function buildVerifyFn(saveUserFn: SaveSSOUserFunction) {
@@ -86,15 +88,6 @@ function getEmail(profile: SSOProfile, jwtClaims: JwtClaims) {
   )
 }
 
-function validEmail(value: string) {
-  return (
-    value &&
-    !!value.match(
-      /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/
-    )
-  )
-}
-
 /**
  * Create an instance of the oidc passport strategy. This wrapper fetches the configuration
  * from couchDB rather than environment variables, using this factory is necessary for dynamically configuring passport.
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts
index 8e663bce52..318a7f13ba 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./hashing"
 export * from "./utils"
+export * from "./stringUtils"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/stringUtils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd3b4c6132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export function validEmail(value: string) {
+  return (
+    value &&
+    !!value.match(
+      /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/
+    )
+  )
+}