diff --git a/classes/exceptions.py b/classes/exceptions.py
index 1bec769..73c739a 100644
--- a/classes/exceptions.py
+++ b/classes/exceptions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from typing import Literal
 
+from fastapi import HTTPException
 
-class AlbumNotFoundError(Exception):
+
+class AlbumNotFoundError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 404 if no album with this ID found."""
 
     def __init__(self, id: str):
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ class AlbumNotFoundError(Exception):
         }
 
 
-class AlbumNameNotFoundError(Exception):
+class AlbumNameNotFoundError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 404 if no album with this name found."""
 
     def __init__(self, name: str):
@@ -29,9 +31,15 @@ class AlbumNameNotFoundError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"][
+                "detail"
+            ].format(name=self.name),
+        )
 
 
-class AlbumAlreadyExistsError(Exception):
+class AlbumAlreadyExistsError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 409 if album with this name already exists."""
 
     def __init__(self, name: str):
@@ -44,9 +52,15 @@ class AlbumAlreadyExistsError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=409,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"][
+                "detail"
+            ].format(name=self.name),
+        )
 
 
-class AlbumIncorrectError(Exception):
+class AlbumIncorrectError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 406 if album's title or name is invalid."""
 
     def __init__(self, place: Literal["name", "title"], error: str) -> None:
@@ -56,13 +70,19 @@ class AlbumIncorrectError(Exception):
             "description": "Album Name/Title Invalid",
             "content": {
                 "application/json": {
-                    "example": {"detail": "Album {name/title} invalid: {error}"}
+                    "example": {"detail": "Album {place} invalid: {error}"}
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=406,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"][
+                "detail"
+            ].format(place=self.place, error=self.error),
+        )
 
 
-class PhotoNotFoundError(Exception):
+class PhotoNotFoundError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 404 if no photo with this ID found."""
 
     def __init__(self, id: str):
@@ -75,9 +95,15 @@ class PhotoNotFoundError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"][
+                "detail"
+            ].format(id=self.id),
+        )
 
 
-class PhotoSearchQueryEmptyError(Exception):
+class PhotoSearchQueryEmptyError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 422 if no photo search query provided."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -91,9 +117,13 @@ class PhotoSearchQueryEmptyError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=422,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class VideoNotFoundError(Exception):
+class VideoNotFoundError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 404 if no video with this ID found."""
 
     def __init__(self, id: str):
@@ -106,9 +136,15 @@ class VideoNotFoundError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"][
+                "detail"
+            ].format(id=self.id),
+        )
 
 
-class VideoSearchQueryEmptyError(Exception):
+class VideoSearchQueryEmptyError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 422 if no video search query provided."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -122,9 +158,13 @@ class VideoSearchQueryEmptyError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=422,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class SearchPageInvalidError(Exception):
+class SearchPageInvalidError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 400 if page or page size are not in valid range."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -138,9 +178,13 @@ class SearchPageInvalidError(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class SearchTokenInvalidError(Exception):
+class SearchTokenInvalidError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 401 if search token is not valid."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -150,9 +194,13 @@ class SearchTokenInvalidError(Exception):
                 "application/json": {"example": {"detail": "Invalid search token."}}
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=401,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class UserEmailCodeInvalid(Exception):
+class UserEmailCodeInvalid(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 400 if email confirmation code is not valid."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -164,9 +212,13 @@ class UserEmailCodeInvalid(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class UserAlreadyExists(Exception):
+class UserAlreadyExists(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 409 if user with this name already exists."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -178,9 +230,13 @@ class UserAlreadyExists(Exception):
                 }
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=409,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class AccessTokenInvalidError(Exception):
+class AccessTokenInvalidError(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 401 if access token is not valid."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -190,9 +246,13 @@ class AccessTokenInvalidError(Exception):
                 "application/json": {"example": {"detail": "Invalid access token."}}
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=401,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
 
 
-class UserCredentialsInvalid(Exception):
+class UserCredentialsInvalid(HTTPException):
     """Raises HTTP 401 if user credentials are not valid."""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -202,3 +262,7 @@ class UserCredentialsInvalid(Exception):
                 "application/json": {"example": {"detail": "Invalid credentials."}}
             },
         }
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=401,
+            detail=self.openapi["content"]["application/json"]["example"]["detail"],
+        )
diff --git a/classes/models.py b/classes/models.py
index 5e072b8..9ce232a 100644
--- a/classes/models.py
+++ b/classes/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import List, Union
+
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
diff --git a/extensions/exceptions.py b/extensions/exceptions.py
index 2bfda00..d8e7364 100644
--- a/extensions/exceptions.py
+++ b/extensions/exceptions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from fastapi import Request
 from fastapi.responses import UJSONResponse
-from modules.app import app
-from classes.exceptions import *
 from starlette.status import (
     HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
     HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
@@ -11,6 +9,23 @@ from starlette.status import (
     HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
 )
 
+from classes.exceptions import (
+    AlbumNotFoundError,
+    AlbumAlreadyExistsError,
+    AlbumIncorrectError,
+    PhotoNotFoundError,
+    PhotoSearchQueryEmptyError,
+    VideoNotFoundError,
+    VideoSearchQueryEmptyError,
+    SearchPageInvalidError,
+    SearchTokenInvalidError,
+    AccessTokenInvalidError,
+    UserEmailCodeInvalid,
+    UserAlreadyExists,
+    UserCredentialsInvalid,
+)
+from modules.app import app
+
 
 @app.exception_handler(AlbumNotFoundError)
 async def album_not_found_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: AlbumNotFoundError):
diff --git a/extensions/pages.py b/extensions/pages.py
index b712a84..d32dad6 100644
--- a/extensions/pages.py
+++ b/extensions/pages.py
@@ -1,31 +1,42 @@
 from os import path
-from modules.app import app
+
+import aiofiles
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, Response
 
+from modules.app import app
+
 
 @app.get("/pages/matter.css", include_in_schema=False)
 async def page_matter():
-    with open(path.join("pages", "matter.css"), "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        output = f.read()
+    async with aiofiles.open(
+        path.join("pages", "matter.css"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
+        output = await f.read()
     return Response(content=output)
 
 
 @app.get("/pages/{page}/{file}", include_in_schema=False)
 async def page_assets(page: str, file: str):
-    with open(path.join("pages", page, file), "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        output = f.read()
+    async with aiofiles.open(
+        path.join("pages", page, file), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
+        output = await f.read()
     return Response(content=output)
 
 
 @app.get("/", include_in_schema=False)
 async def page_home():
-    with open(path.join("pages", "home", "index.html"), "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        output = f.read()
+    async with aiofiles.open(
+        path.join("pages", "home", "index.html"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
+        output = await f.read()
     return HTMLResponse(content=output)
 
 
 @app.get("/register", include_in_schema=False)
 async def page_register():
-    with open(path.join("pages", "register", "index.html"), "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        output = f.read()
+    async with aiofiles.open(
+        path.join("pages", "register", "index.html"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
+        output = await f.read()
     return HTMLResponse(content=output)
diff --git a/extensions/photos.py b/extensions/photos.py
index 3077ada..1ca11c0 100644
--- a/extensions/photos.py
+++ b/extensions/photos.py
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 import re
-import pickle
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from os import makedirs, path, remove, system
 from secrets import token_urlsafe
 from shutil import move
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import Union
 from uuid import uuid4
-from magic import Magic
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-from os import makedirs, path, remove, system
 
+import aiofiles
+from bson.errors import InvalidId
+from bson.objectid import ObjectId
+from fastapi import Security, UploadFile
+from fastapi.responses import Response, UJSONResponse
+from jose import JWTError, jwt
+from magic import Magic
+from plum.exceptions import UnpackError
 from pydantic import ValidationError
+from pymongo import DESCENDING
+from starlette.status import HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, HTTP_409_CONFLICT
+
 from classes.exceptions import (
     AccessTokenInvalidError,
     AlbumNameNotFoundError,
@@ -19,8 +28,10 @@ from classes.exceptions import (
     SearchTokenInvalidError,
 )
 from classes.models import Photo, PhotoPublic, SearchResultsPhoto
+from modules.app import app
+from modules.database import col_albums, col_photos, col_tokens
 from modules.exif_reader import extract_location
-from modules.hasher import get_phash, get_duplicates
+from modules.hasher import get_duplicates, get_phash
 from modules.scheduler import scheduler
 from modules.security import (
     ALGORITHM,
@@ -31,23 +42,6 @@ from modules.security import (
     get_current_active_user,
     get_user,
 )
-from modules.app import app
-from modules.database import col_photos, col_albums, col_tokens
-from pymongo import DESCENDING
-from bson.objectid import ObjectId
-from bson.errors import InvalidId
-from plum.exceptions import UnpackError
-from jose import JWTError, jwt
-
-from fastapi import UploadFile, Security
-from fastapi.responses import UJSONResponse, Response
-from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
-from starlette.status import (
-    HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT,
-    HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
-    HTTP_409_CONFLICT,
-)
-
 from modules.utils import configGet, logWrite
 
 
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@ async def photo_upload(
             ".".join(base_name) + f"_{int(datetime.now().timestamp())}." + extension
         )
 
-    with open(
+    async with aiofiles.open(
         path.join("data", "users", current_user.user, "albums", album, filename), "wb"
     ) as f:
         f.write(await file.read())
@@ -266,16 +260,24 @@ if configGet("media_token_access") is True:
 
         mime = Magic(mime=True).from_file(image_path)
 
-        with open(image_path, "rb") as f:
-            image_file = f.read()
+        async with aiofiles.open(image_path, "rb") as f:
+            image_file = await f.read()
 
         return Response(image_file, media_type=mime)
 
 
-photo_get_responses = {404: PhotoNotFoundError("id").openapi}
+photo_get_responses = {
+    200: {"content": {"image/*": {}}},
+    404: PhotoNotFoundError("id").openapi,
+}
 
 
-@app.get("/photos/{id}", description="Get a photo by id", responses=photo_get_responses)
+@app.get(
+    "/photos/{id}",
+    description="Get a photo by id",
+    responses=photo_get_responses,
+    response_class=Response,
+)
 async def photo_get(
     id: str,
     current_user: User = Security(get_current_active_user, scopes=["photos.read"]),
@@ -293,8 +295,8 @@ async def photo_get(
 
     mime = Magic(mime=True).from_file(image_path)
 
-    with open(image_path, "rb") as f:
-        image_file = f.read()
+    async with aiofiles.open(image_path, "rb") as f:
+        image_file = await f.read()
 
     return Response(image_file, media_type=mime)
 
diff --git a/extensions/security.py b/extensions/security.py
index 8590fc6..7b7db55 100644
--- a/extensions/security.py
+++ b/extensions/security.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
-from classes.exceptions import UserCredentialsInvalid
-from modules.app import app
 
 from fastapi import Depends
-from fastapi.security import (
-    OAuth2PasswordRequestForm,
-)
+from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordRequestForm
 
+from classes.exceptions import UserCredentialsInvalid
+from modules.app import app
 from modules.security import (
     ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_DAYS,
     Token,
diff --git a/extensions/users.py b/extensions/users.py
index 81820df..6371d8f 100644
--- a/extensions/users.py
+++ b/extensions/users.py
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from uuid import uuid1
+
+from fastapi import Depends, Form
+from fastapi.responses import Response, UJSONResponse
+from starlette.status import HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
+
 from classes.exceptions import (
     UserAlreadyExists,
     UserCredentialsInvalid,
     UserEmailCodeInvalid,
 )
-from modules.database import (
-    col_users,
-    col_albums,
-    col_photos,
-    col_emails,
-    col_videos,
-    col_emails,
-)
 from modules.app import app
-from modules.utils import configGet, logWrite
-from modules.scheduler import scheduler
+from modules.database import col_albums, col_emails, col_photos, col_users, col_videos
 from modules.mailer import mail_sender
-
-from uuid import uuid1
-from fastapi import Depends, Form
-from fastapi.responses import Response, UJSONResponse
-from starlette.status import HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
-
+from modules.scheduler import scheduler
 from modules.security import (
     User,
     get_current_active_user,
@@ -29,6 +21,7 @@ from modules.security import (
     get_user,
     verify_password,
 )
+from modules.utils import configGet, logWrite
 
 
 async def send_confirmation(user: str, email: str):
diff --git a/extensions/videos.py b/extensions/videos.py
index e19d2d7..12fd20b 100644
--- a/extensions/videos.py
+++ b/extensions/videos.py
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import re
-import pickle
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from os import makedirs, path, remove
 from secrets import token_urlsafe
 from shutil import move
 from typing import Union
+
+import aiofiles
+from bson.errors import InvalidId
+from bson.objectid import ObjectId
+from fastapi import Security, UploadFile
+from fastapi.responses import Response, UJSONResponse
 from magic import Magic
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from os import makedirs, path, remove
+from pymongo import DESCENDING
+from starlette.status import HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
+
 from classes.exceptions import (
     AlbumNameNotFoundError,
     SearchPageInvalidError,
@@ -13,17 +21,10 @@ from classes.exceptions import (
     VideoNotFoundError,
     VideoSearchQueryEmptyError,
 )
-from classes.models import Video, SearchResultsVideo, VideoPublic
-from modules.security import User, get_current_active_user
+from classes.models import SearchResultsVideo, Video, VideoPublic
 from modules.app import app
-from modules.database import col_videos, col_albums, col_tokens
-from bson.objectid import ObjectId
-from bson.errors import InvalidId
-from pymongo import DESCENDING
-
-from fastapi import UploadFile, Security
-from fastapi.responses import UJSONResponse, Response
-from starlette.status import HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
+from modules.database import col_albums, col_tokens, col_videos
+from modules.security import User, get_current_active_user
 
 video_post_responses = {404: AlbumNameNotFoundError("name").openapi}
 
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ async def video_upload(
             ".".join(base_name) + f"_{int(datetime.now().timestamp())}." + extension
         )
 
-    with open(
+    async with aiofiles.open(
         path.join("data", "users", current_user.user, "albums", album, filename), "wb"
     ) as f:
-        f.write(await file.read())
+        await f.write(await file.read())
 
     # Hashing and duplicates check should be here
 
@@ -91,10 +92,18 @@ async def video_upload(
     )
 
 
-video_get_responses = {404: VideoNotFoundError("id").openapi}
+video_get_responses = {
+    200: {"content": {"video/*": {}}},
+    404: VideoNotFoundError("id").openapi,
+}
 
 
-@app.get("/videos/{id}", description="Get a video by id", responses=video_get_responses)
+@app.get(
+    "/videos/{id}",
+    description="Get a video by id",
+    responses=video_get_responses,
+    response_class=Response,
+)
 async def video_get(
     id: str,
     current_user: User = Security(get_current_active_user, scopes=["videos.read"]),
@@ -112,10 +121,10 @@ async def video_get(
 
     mime = Magic(mime=True).from_file(video_path)
 
-    with open(video_path, "rb") as f:
-        video_file = f.read()
+    async with aiofiles.open(video_path, "rb") as f:
+        video_file = await f.read()
 
-    return Response(video_file, media_type=mime)
+    return Response(content=video_file, media_type=mime)
 
 
 video_move_responses = {404: VideoNotFoundError("id").openapi}
diff --git a/modules/app.py b/modules/app.py
index c7b8ca7..0117169 100644
--- a/modules/app.py
+++ b/modules/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
-from fastapi.openapi.docs import get_swagger_ui_html, get_redoc_html
-
+from fastapi.openapi.docs import get_redoc_html, get_swagger_ui_html
 
 app = FastAPI(title="END PLAY Photos", docs_url=None, redoc_url=None, version="0.2")
 
diff --git a/modules/database.py b/modules/database.py
index 46a18e4..964cf54 100644
--- a/modules/database.py
+++ b/modules/database.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+from pymongo import GEOSPHERE, MongoClient
+
 from modules.utils import configGet
-from pymongo import MongoClient, GEOSPHERE
 
 db_config = configGet("database")
 
diff --git a/modules/hasher.py b/modules/hasher.py
index 3ad56e9..afd2389 100644
--- a/modules/hasher.py
+++ b/modules/hasher.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-from modules.database import col_photos
+import cv2
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.typing import NDArray
 from scipy import spatial
-import cv2
+
+from modules.database import col_photos
 
 
 def hash_array_to_hash_hex(hash_array):
diff --git a/modules/mailer.py b/modules/mailer.py
index d637fb6..0ff0927 100644
--- a/modules/mailer.py
+++ b/modules/mailer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from smtplib import SMTP, SMTP_SSL
-from traceback import print_exc
 from ssl import create_default_context
+from traceback import print_exc
+
 from modules.utils import configGet, logWrite
 
 try:
diff --git a/modules/security.py b/modules/security.py
index 8703ce6..5ae9191 100644
--- a/modules/security.py
+++ b/modules/security.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from typing import List, Union
-from modules.database import col_users
 
 from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Security, status
-from fastapi.security import (
-    OAuth2PasswordBearer,
-    SecurityScopes,
-)
+from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer, SecurityScopes
 from jose import JWTError, jwt
 from passlib.context import CryptContext
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
 
+from modules.database import col_users
 
 with open("secret_key", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     SECRET_KEY = f.read()
diff --git a/modules/utils.py b/modules/utils.py
index 7163ffa..1cf907e 100644
--- a/modules/utils.py
+++ b/modules/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Any, Union
-from ujson import loads, dumps, JSONDecodeError
 from traceback import print_exc
+from typing import Any, Union
+
+from ujson import JSONDecodeError, dumps, loads
 
 
 # Print to stdout and then to log
diff --git a/photos_api.py b/photos_api.py
index e359c90..714924b 100644
--- a/photos_api.py
+++ b/photos_api.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from os import makedirs, path
-from modules.app import app
-from modules.utils import *
-from modules.scheduler import scheduler
-from modules.extensions_loader import dynamic_import_from_src
+
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 
+from modules.app import app
+from modules.extensions_loader import dynamic_import_from_src
+from modules.scheduler import scheduler
+from modules.utils import *
+
 makedirs(path.join("data", "users"), exist_ok=True)
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8019647..a9f3be1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-fastapi[all]==0.97.0
-pymongo==4.4.0
-ujson~=5.8.0
-scipy~=1.10.1
-python-magic~=0.4.27
-opencv-python~=4.7.0.72
-python-jose[cryptography]~=3.3.0
-passlib~=1.7.4
+aiofiles==23.1.0
 apscheduler~=3.10.1
-exif==1.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
+exif==1.6.0
+fastapi[all]==0.97.0
+opencv-python~=4.7.0.72
+passlib~=1.7.4
+pymongo==4.4.0
+python-jose[cryptography]~=3.3.0
+python-magic~=0.4.27
+scipy~=1.10.1
+ujson~=5.8.0
\ No newline at end of file