diff --git a/managers/user.go b/managers/user.go
index 6f38496..d9821eb 100644
--- a/managers/user.go
+++ b/managers/user.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (userMgr *userManager) List() ([]models.User, error) {
 }
 
 func (userMgr *userManager) Get(id string) (*models.User, error) {
-	user := &models.User{}
+	user := models.NewUser()
 
 	storage.DB.First(&user, id)
 	if user.ID == 0 {
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func (userMgr *userManager) Get(id string) (*models.User, error) {
 
 func (userMgr *userManager) Update(userId string, userData *common.UserUpdateInput) (*models.User, error) {
 
-	user := models.User{}
+	user := models.NewUser()
 
-	storage.DB.First(&user, userId)
+	storage.DB.First(user, userId)
 
 	if user.ID == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("no user found")
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@ func (userMgr *userManager) Update(userId string, userData *common.UserUpdateInp
 
 	storage.DB.Model(&user).Updates(models.User{FullName: userData.FullName, Email: userData.Email})
 
-	return &user, nil
+	return user, nil
 }
 
 func (userMgr *userManager) Delete(id string) error {
-	user := models.User{}
+	user := models.NewUser()
 
-	storage.DB.First(&user, id)
+	storage.DB.First(user, id)
 
 	if user.ID == 0 {
 		return errors.New("no user found")
 	}
 
-	storage.DB.Delete(&user)
+	storage.DB.Delete(user)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/models/ranking.go b/models/ranking.go
index a1cedf2..1bd339b 100644
--- a/models/ranking.go
+++ b/models/ranking.go
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ type UserSkillRank struct {
 	Skill     Skill
 	Rank      uint `json:"rank"`
 }
+
+func NewUserSkillRank() *UserSkillRank {
+	return &UserSkillRank{}
+}
diff --git a/models/user.go b/models/user.go
index 7ed6851..aa56f4f 100644
--- a/models/user.go
+++ b/models/user.go
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ type User struct {
 	FullName  string         `json:"fullName"`
 	Email     string         `json:"email"`
 }
+
+func NewUser() *User {
+	return &User{}
+}