diff --git a/src/core/utils/bytes.rs b/src/core/utils/bytes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ebf4c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/utils/bytes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use crate::Result;
+
+#[inline]
+#[must_use]
+pub fn increment(old: Option<&[u8]>) -> [u8; 8] {
+	old.map(TryInto::try_into)
+		.map_or(0_u64, |val| val.map_or(0_u64, u64::from_be_bytes))
+		.wrapping_add(1)
+		.to_be_bytes()
+}
+
+/// Parses the big-endian bytes into an u64.
+#[inline]
+pub fn u64_from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<u64> {
+	let array: [u8; 8] = bytes.try_into()?;
+	Ok(u64_from_u8x8(array))
+}
+
+/// Parses the 8 big-endian bytes into an u64.
+#[inline]
+#[must_use]
+pub fn u64_from_u8(bytes: &[u8]) -> u64 {
+	let bytes: &[u8; 8] = bytes.try_into().expect("must slice at least 8 bytes");
+	u64_from_u8x8(*bytes)
+}
+
+#[inline]
+#[must_use]
+pub fn u64_from_u8x8(bytes: [u8; 8]) -> u64 { u64::from_be_bytes(bytes) }
diff --git a/src/core/utils/hash.rs b/src/core/utils/hash.rs
index d1219bfe..9469321f 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/hash.rs
+++ b/src/core/utils/hash.rs
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ pub fn verify_password(password: &str, password_hash: &str) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 #[inline]
+#[must_use]
 pub fn calculate_hash(keys: &[&[u8]]) -> Vec<u8> { sha256::hash(keys) }
diff --git a/src/core/utils/mod.rs b/src/core/utils/mod.rs
index 1ff36b02..6ebab2c6 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod bytes;
 pub mod content_disposition;
 pub mod debug;
 pub mod defer;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use std::{
 	time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
+pub use bytes::{increment, u64_from_bytes, u64_from_u8, u64_from_u8x8};
 pub use debug::slice_truncated as debug_slice_truncated;
 pub use hash::calculate_hash;
 pub use html::Escape as HtmlEscape;
@@ -26,6 +28,18 @@ use crate::Result;
 
 pub fn clamp<T: Ord>(val: T, min: T, max: T) -> T { cmp::min(cmp::max(val, min), max) }
 
+/// Boilerplate for wraps which are typed to never error.
+///
+/// * <https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/enum.Infallible.html>
+#[must_use]
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn unwrap_infallible<T>(result: Result<T, std::convert::Infallible>) -> T {
+	match result {
+		Ok(val) => val,
+		Err(err) => match err {},
+	}
+}
+
 #[must_use]
 #[allow(clippy::as_conversions)]
 pub fn millis_since_unix_epoch() -> u64 {
@@ -35,15 +49,6 @@ pub fn millis_since_unix_epoch() -> u64 {
 		.as_millis() as u64
 }
 
-#[inline]
-#[must_use]
-pub fn increment(old: Option<&[u8]>) -> [u8; 8] {
-	old.map(TryInto::try_into)
-		.map_or(0_u64, |val| val.map_or(0_u64, u64::from_be_bytes))
-		.wrapping_add(1)
-		.to_be_bytes()
-}
-
 #[must_use]
 pub fn generate_keypair() -> Vec<u8> {
 	let mut value = random_string(8).as_bytes().to_vec();
@@ -54,15 +59,6 @@ pub fn generate_keypair() -> Vec<u8> {
 	value
 }
 
-/// Parses the bytes into an u64.
-pub fn u64_from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<u64> {
-	let array: [u8; 8] = bytes.try_into()?;
-	Ok(u64::from_be_bytes(array))
-}
-
-}
-
-
 #[allow(clippy::impl_trait_in_params)]
 pub fn common_elements(
 	mut iterators: impl Iterator<Item = impl Iterator<Item = Vec<u8>>>, check_order: impl Fn(&[u8], &[u8]) -> Ordering,
@@ -86,15 +82,3 @@ pub fn common_elements(
 		})
 	}))
 }
-
-/// Boilerplate for wraps which are typed to never error.
-///
-/// * <https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/enum.Infallible.html>
-#[must_use]
-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn unwrap_infallible<T>(result: Result<T, std::convert::Infallible>) -> T {
-	match result {
-		Ok(val) => val,
-		Err(err) => match err {},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/service/rooms/auth_chain/data.rs b/src/service/rooms/auth_chain/data.rs
index b2e80b7b..a5771f4a 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/auth_chain/data.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/auth_chain/data.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl Data {
 				.map(|chain| {
 					chain
 						.chunks_exact(size_of::<u64>())
-						.map(|chunk| utils::u64_from_bytes(chunk).expect("byte length is correct"))
+						.map(utils::u64_from_u8)
 						.collect::<Arc<[u64]>>()
 				});