diff --git a/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts b/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
index 03a6f09eb..8526d4fbe 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { getDailyLeaderboard } from "../../utils/daily-leaderboards";
 import AutoRoleList from "../../constants/auto-roles";
 import * as UserDAL from "../../dal/user";
 import { buildMonkeyMail } from "../../utils/monkey-mail";
-import { updateStreak } from "./user";
+import { updateStreak } from "../../dal/user";
 
 try {
   if (anticheatImplemented() === false) throw new Error("undefined");
diff --git a/backend/src/api/controllers/user.ts b/backend/src/api/controllers/user.ts
index 317fc5ab0..cda374171 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/controllers/user.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-import _, { eq } from "lodash";
+import _ from "lodash";
 import * as UserDAL from "../../dal/user";
 import MonkeyError from "../../utils/error";
 import Logger from "../../utils/logger";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
 import { getDiscordUser } from "../../utils/discord";
-import {
-  buildAgentLog,
-  isToday,
-  isYesterday,
-  sanitizeString,
-} from "../../utils/misc";
+import { buildAgentLog, sanitizeString } from "../../utils/misc";
 import * as George from "../../tasks/george";
 import admin from "firebase-admin";
 import { deleteAllApeKeys } from "../../dal/ape-keys";
@@ -542,27 +537,3 @@ export async function updateInbox(
 
   return new MonkeyResponse("Inbox updated");
 }
-
-export async function updateStreak(uid, timestamp): Promise<number> {
-  const user = await UserDAL.getUser(uid, "calculate streak");
-  const streak: MonkeyTypes.UserStreak = {
-    lastResultTimestamp: user.streak?.lastResultTimestamp ?? 0,
-    length: user.streak?.length ?? 0,
-    maxLength: user.streak?.length ?? 0,
-  };
-
-  if (isYesterday(streak.lastResultTimestamp)) {
-    streak.length += 1;
-  } else if (!isToday(streak.lastResultTimestamp)) {
-    streak.length = 1;
-  }
-
-  if (streak.length > streak.maxLength) {
-    streak.maxLength = streak.length;
-  }
-
-  streak.lastResultTimestamp = timestamp;
-  await UserDAL.getUsersCollection().updateOne({ uid }, { $set: { streak } });
-
-  return streak.length;
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/dal/user.ts b/backend/src/dal/user.ts
index e03234af5..be0ec1afe 100644
--- a/backend/src/dal/user.ts
+++ b/backend/src/dal/user.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as db from "../init/db";
 import MonkeyError from "../utils/error";
 import { Collection, ObjectId, WithId, Long, UpdateFilter } from "mongodb";
 import Logger from "../utils/logger";
-import { flattenObjectDeep } from "../utils/misc";
+import { flattenObjectDeep, isToday, isYesterday } from "../utils/misc";
 
 const SECONDS_PER_HOUR = 3600;
 
@@ -890,3 +890,30 @@ export async function updateInbox(
 
   await getUsersCollection().updateOne({ uid }, mergedUpdates);
 }
+
+export async function updateStreak(
+  uid: string,
+  timestamp: number
+): Promise<number> {
+  const user = await getUser(uid, "calculate streak");
+  const streak: MonkeyTypes.UserStreak = {
+    lastResultTimestamp: user.streak?.lastResultTimestamp ?? 0,
+    length: user.streak?.length ?? 0,
+    maxLength: user.streak?.length ?? 0,
+  };
+
+  if (isYesterday(streak.lastResultTimestamp)) {
+    streak.length += 1;
+  } else if (!isToday(streak.lastResultTimestamp)) {
+    streak.length = 1;
+  }
+
+  if (streak.length > streak.maxLength) {
+    streak.maxLength = streak.length;
+  }
+
+  streak.lastResultTimestamp = timestamp;
+  await getUsersCollection().updateOne({ uid }, { $set: { streak } });
+
+  return streak.length;
+}