diff --git a/extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt/package.json b/extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57687f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+{
+  "name": "directus-extension-external-jwt",
+  "description": "External JWT Directus Extension allow directus to trust tokens issued by an oauth2 or OIDC provider",
+  "icon": "extension",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "keywords": [
+    "directus",
+    "directus-extension",
+    "directus-custom-hook",
+    "directus-external-jwt"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/Zerosubnet/directus-extension-external-jwt",
+  "license": "LGPL-3.0-only",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "zerosubnet"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Zerosubnet/directus-extension-external-jwt.git"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "release": {
+    "branches": [
+      "main",
+      "next",
+      {
+        "name": "beta",
+        "prerelease": true
+      }
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+      "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+      "@semantic-release/changelog",
+      "@semantic-release/npm",
+      [
+        "@semantic-release/github",
+        {
+          "assets": [
+            "dist/**"
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      [
+        "@semantic-release/exec",
+        {
+          "tagImage": "docker tag ${SRCIMAGE} ${DSTIMAGE}:${nextRelease.version}",
+          "publishImage": "docker push ${DSTIMAGE}:${nextRelease.version}"
+        }
+      ]
+    ],
+    "preset": "angular"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "directus:extension": {
+    "type": "hook",
+    "path": "dist/index.js",
+    "source": "src/index.ts",
+    "host": "^10.1.7"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "directus-extension build && npm run sync",
+    "dev": "directus-extension build -w --no-minify",
+    "link": "directus-extension link",
+    "sync": "rm -rf ./extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt && mkdir -p ./extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt/dist && ln ./package.json ./extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt/package.json && ln ./dist/index.js ./extensions/directus-extension-external-jwt/dist/index.js",
+    "directus": "pnpm dlx directus start",
+    "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
+    "test": "vitest",
+    "test:coverage": "vitest run --coverage"
+  },
+  "nyc": {
+    "extension": [
+      ".ts",
+      ".tsx"
+    ],
+    "reporter": [
+      "text",
+      "lcov"
+    ],
+    "report-dir": "coverage",
+    "all": true,
+    "extends": "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript",
+    "check-coverage": true,
+    "include": [
+      "src/**/*.[tj]s?(x)"
+    ],
+    "exclude": [
+      "src/_tests_/**/*.*",
+      "src/**/*.test.[tj]s?(x)"
+    ]
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@directus/errors": "^0.3.2",
+    "@directus/extensions-sdk": "^13.0.1",
+    "@directus/tsconfig": "^1.0.1",
+    "@directus/types": "^11.1.2",
+    "@directus/utils": "^11.0.9",
+    "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript": "^1.0.2",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.3",
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^10.0.4",
+    "@semantic-release/exec": "^6.0.3",
+    "@semantic-release/github": "^9.2.6",
+    "@semantic-release/npm": "^10.0.6",
+    "@types/chai": "^4.3.16",
+    "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.8",
+    "@types/config": "^3.3.4",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
+    "@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.4",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
+    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.6",
+    "@types/lodash-es": "^4.17.12",
+    "@types/mocha": "^10.0.6",
+    "@types/node": "^20.14.2",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.62.0",
+    "@vitest/coverage-istanbul": "^0.34.6",
+    "axios": "^1.7.2",
+    "config": "^3.3.11",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
+    "eslint": "^8.57.0",
+    "eslint-config-standard-with-typescript": "^37.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.29.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-n": "^15.7.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-no-loops": "^0.3.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.2.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
+    "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
+    "nyc": "^15.1.0",
+    "semantic-release": "^21.1.2",
+    "sqlite3": "^5.1.7",
+    "ts-mocha": "^10.0.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.4.5",
+    "vitest": "^0.34.6"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@directus/extensions": "^3.0.5",
+    "@keyv/redis": "^2.8.5",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
+    "jwks-rsa": "^3.1.0",
+    "keyv": "^4.5.4",
+    "openid-client": "^5.6.5",
+    "uuid": "^11.1.0"
+  },
+  "pnpm": {
+    "overrides": {
+      "vite@<4.3.9": "^4.3.9",
+      "vite@>4.3.9": "^4.5.3",
+      "zod@<=3.22.2": ">=3.22.3",
+      "axios@<=1.4.0": ">=1.4.1",
+      "axios@>=1.3.2 <=1.7.3": ">=1.7.4",
+      "micromatch@<4.0.8": ">=4.0.8",
+      "vite@>=4.0.0 <4.5.4": ">=4.5.4",
+      "vite@>=4.0.0 <=4.5.3": ">=4.5.4",
+      "rollup@>=3.0.0 <3.29.5": ">=3.29.5",
+      "cross-spawn@>=7.0.0 <7.0.5": ">=7.0.5",
+      "nanoid@<3.3.8": ">=3.3.8",
+      "@octokit/request-error@>=1.0.0 <5.1.1": ">=5.1.1",
+      "@octokit/endpoint@>=9.0.5 <9.0.6": ">=9.0.6",
+      "@octokit/request@>=1.0.0 <9.2.1": ">=9.2.1",
+      "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest@>=1.0.0 <11.4.1": ">=11.4.1",
+      "serialize-javascript@<6.0.2": ">=6.0.2",
+      "esbuild@<=0.24.2": ">=0.25.0",
+      "vite@<=4.5.5": ">=4.5.6"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/external-jwt/authProvider/get-auth-providers.ts b/src/external-jwt/authProvider/get-auth-providers.ts
index 4266b6e..d7cadc7 100644
--- a/src/external-jwt/authProvider/get-auth-providers.ts
+++ b/src/external-jwt/authProvider/get-auth-providers.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface AuthProvider {
   JWKSClient?: JwksClient;
   use_database?: boolean;
 
-  initial_role?: string;
+  default_role_id?: string;
 }
 
 
@@ -37,26 +37,31 @@ export interface AuthProvider {
 export async function getAuthProviders(): Promise<AuthProvider[]> {
 	console.log("calling auth providers _")
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		const authProviders: AuthProvider[] = toArray(env['AUTH_PROVIDERS'])
-			.filter((provider) => provider && env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_DRIVER`] === ('openid' || 'oauth2'))
-			.map((provider) => ({
-				name: provider,
-				label: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_LABEL`],
-				driver: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_DRIVER`],
-				icon: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_ICON`],
-				trusted: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_TRUSTED`],
-				jwks_url: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWKS_URL`],
-				jwks_keys: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWKS_KEYS`],
-				issuer_url: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_ISSUER_URL`],
-				admin_key: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_ADMIN_KEY`],
-				app_key: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_APP_KEY`],
-				role_key: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_ROLE_KEY`],
-				client_id: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_CLIENT_ID`],
-				client_secret: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_CLIENT_SECRET`],
-				use_database: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_USEDB`],
+		const authProviders: AuthProvider[] = toArray(env["AUTH_PROVIDERS"])
+      .filter(
+        (provider) =>
+          provider &&
+          env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_DRIVER`] ===
+            ("openid" || "oauth2")
+      )
+      .map((provider) => ({
+        name: provider,
+        label: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_LABEL`],
+        driver: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_DRIVER`],
+        icon: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_ICON`],
+        trusted: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_TRUSTED`],
+        jwks_url: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWKS_URL`],
+        jwks_keys: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWKS_KEYS`],
+        issuer_url: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_ISSUER_URL`],
+        admin_key: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_ADMIN_KEY`],
+        app_key: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_APP_KEY`],
+        role_key: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_ROLE_KEY`],
+        client_id: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_CLIENT_ID`],
+        client_secret: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_CLIENT_SECRET`],
+        use_database: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_JWT_USEDB`],
 
-				initial_role: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_INITIAL_ROLE`]
-			}));
+        default_role_id: env[`AUTH_${provider.toUpperCase()}_DEFAULT_ROLE_ID`],
+      }));
 
 		
 		if(authProviders.length === 0) return resolve([]);
diff --git a/src/external-jwt/get-accountability-for-token.ts b/src/external-jwt/get-accountability-for-token.ts
index 5edee47..5ccd040 100644
--- a/src/external-jwt/get-accountability-for-token.ts
+++ b/src/external-jwt/get-accountability-for-token.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ const getUser = async (
     .first();
 };
 
-const insertUser = async (database: Knex, user: Record<string, any>) => {
-  return database("directus_users").insert(user).returning("*");
+const insertUser = async (database: Knex, user: Record<string, any>): Promise<any> => {
+  return database("directus_users").insert(user);
 };
 
 // TODO: optimize this function, reduce the amount of loops
@@ -51,14 +51,6 @@ export async function getAccountabilityForToken(
   accountability: Accountability | null,
   database: Knex
 ): Promise<Accountability> {
-  console.log(
-    "getAccountabilityForToken called with token",
-    token,
-    "and iss",
-    iss,
-    "and accountability",
-    accountability
-  );
   if (accountability == null) {
     accountability = {
       user: null,
@@ -103,10 +95,9 @@ export async function getAccountabilityForToken(
         console.debug("User found in database:", user);
 
         if (!user) {
-          const role = provider.initial_role
           user = await insertUser(database, {
             id: uuid.v4(),
-            role: role,
+            role: provider.default_role_id,
             provider: provider.name,
             external_identifier: result.sub,
           });
@@ -126,11 +117,6 @@ export async function getAccountabilityForToken(
             CacheSet(result.sub, accountability);
           }
 
-          console.log(
-            "Returning accountability from database:",
-            accountability
-          );
-
           return accountability;
         }
       } catch (error) {