diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/presets.js b/backend/api/controllers/presets.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d25b797bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/presets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import PresetsDAO from "../../dao/presetsDAO";
+import { isTagPresetNameValid, validateConfig } from "../../handlers/validation";
+
+class PresetsController {
+  static async addPreset(req, res, next) {
+    try {
+      const { name, config } = req.body;
+      const { uid } = req.decodedToken;
+      if(!isTagPresetNameValid(name)) next("Invalid preset name.");
+      validateConfig(config);
+      const createdInfo = await PresetsDAO.addPreset(uid, name, config);
+      return res.sendStatus(200).json(createdInfo);
+    } catch (e) {
+      return next(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static async editPreset(req, res, next) {
+    try {
+      const { id, name, config } = req.body;
+      const { uid } = req.decodedToken;
+      if(!isTagPresetNameValid(name)) next("Invalid preset name.");
+      validateConfig(config);
+      await PresetsDAO.editPreset(uid, id, name, config);
+      return res.sendStatus(200);
+    } catch (e) {
+      return next(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static async removePreset(req, res, next) {
+    try {
+      const { id } = req.body;
+      const { uid } = req.decodedToken;
+      await PresetsDAO.removePreset(uid, id);
+      return res.sendStatus(200);
+    } catch (e) {
+      return next(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = PresetsController;
diff --git a/backend/api/routes/presets.js b/backend/api/routes/presets.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1cf091e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/api/routes/presets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { authenticateRequest } from "../../middlewares/auth";
+import PresetsController from "../controllers/presets";
+
+const { Router } = require("express");
+
+const router = Router();
+
+router.post("/presets/add", authenticateRequest, PresetsController.addPreset);
+
+router.post("/presets/edit", authenticateRequest, PresetsController.editPreset);
+
+router.get("/presets/remove", authenticateRequest, PresetsController.removePreset);
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/backend/dao/presetsDAO.js b/backend/dao/presetsDAO.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5db884a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/dao/presetsDAO.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+const MonkeyError = require("../handlers/error");
+const { mongoDB } = require("../init/mongodb");
+const uuid = require("uuid");
+
+class PresetsDAO {
+
+  static async addPreset(uid, name, config) {
+    const count = await mongoDB().collection('presets').find({uid}).count();
+    if(count >= 10) throw new MonkeyError(409, "Too many presets");
+    return await mongoDB()
+      .collection("presets")
+      .insertOne({ id: uuid.v4(), uid, name, config });
+  }
+
+  static async editPreset(uid, id, name, config) {
+    const preset = await mongoDB().collection('presets').findOne({uid, id});
+    if(!preset) throw new MonkeyError(404, "Preset not found");
+    return await mongoDB()
+      .collection("presets")
+      .updateOne({ uid, id }, { $set: { name , config} });
+  }
+
+  static async removePreset(uid, id) {
+    const preset = await mongoDB().collection('presets').findOne({uid, id});
+    if(!preset) throw new MonkeyError(404, "Preset not found");
+    return await mongoDB()
+      .collection("presets")
+      .remove({ uid, id });
+  }
+
+}
+
+module.exports = PresetsDAO;
diff --git a/backend/handlers/preset.js b/backend/handlers/preset.js
index aaef00157..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/backend/handlers/preset.js
+++ b/backend/handlers/preset.js
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-
-app.post("/addPreset", authenticateToken, (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    if (!isTagPresetNameValid(req.body.obj.name)) {
-      return { resultCode: -1 };
-    } else if (req.uid === undefined || req.body.obj === undefined) {
-      console.error(`error saving config for ${req.uid} - missing input`);
-      res.json({
-        resultCode: -1,
-        message: "Missing input",
-      });
-    } else {
-      let config = req.body.obj.config;
-      let errorMessage = "";
-      let err = false;
-      Object.keys(config).forEach((key) => {
-        if (err) return;
-        if (!isConfigKeyValid(key)) {
-          err = true;
-          console.error(`${key} failed regex check`);
-          errorMessage = `${key} failed regex check`;
-        }
-        if (err) return;
-        if (key === "resultFilters") return;
-        if (key === "customBackground") return;
-        let val = config[key];
-        if (Array.isArray(val)) {
-          val.forEach((valarr) => {
-            if (!isConfigKeyValid(valarr)) {
-              err = true;
-              console.error(`${key}: ${valarr} failed regex check`);
-              errorMessage = `${key}: ${valarr} failed regex check`;
-            }
-          });
-        } else {
-          if (!isConfigKeyValid(val)) {
-            err = true;
-            console.error(`${key}: ${val} failed regex check`);
-            errorMessage = `${key}: ${val} failed regex check`;
-          }
-        }
-      });
-      if (err) {
-        console.error(
-          `error adding preset for ${req.uid} - bad input - ${JSON.stringify(
-            req.body.obj
-          )}`
-        );
-        res.json({
-          resultCode: -1,
-          message: "Bad input. " + errorMessage,
-        });
-      }
-
-      User.findOne({ uid: req.uid }, (err, user) => {
-        if (user.presets.length >= 10) {
-          res.json({
-            resultCode: -2,
-            message: "Preset limit",
-          });
-        } else {
-          user.presets.push(req.body.obj);
-          user.save();
-        }
-      })
-        .then((updatedUser) => {
-          User.findOne({ uid: req.uid }, (err, user) => {
-            res.json({
-              resultCode: 1,
-              message: "Saved",
-              id: user.presets[user.presets.length - 1]._id,
-            });
-          });
-        })
-        .catch((e) => {
-          console.error(
-            `error adding preset to DB for ${req.uid} - ${e.message}`
-          );
-          res.json({
-            resultCode: -1,
-            message: e.message,
-          });
-        });
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(`error adding preset for ${req.uid} - ${e}`);
-    res.json({
-      resultCode: -999,
-      message: e,
-    });
-  }
-});
-
-app.post("/editPreset", authenticateToken, (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    if (!isTagPresetNameValid(req.body.presetName)) {
-      res.json({ resultCode: -1 });
-    } else {
-      User.findOne({ uid: req.uid }, (err, user) => {
-        for (i = 0; i < user.presets.length; i++) {
-          if (user.presets[i]._id.toString() == req.body.presetid.toString()) {
-            user.presets[i] = {
-              config: req.body.config,
-              name: req.body.presetName,
-            };
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-        user.save();
-      })
-        .then((e) => {
-          console.log(
-            `user ${req.uid} updated a preset: ${req.body.presetName}`
-          );
-          res.json({
-            resultCode: 1,
-          });
-        })
-        .catch((e) => {
-          console.error(
-            `error while updating preset for user ${req.uid}: ${e.message}`
-          );
-          res.json({ resultCode: -999, message: e.message });
-        });
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(`error updating preset for ${req.uid} - ${e}`);
-    res.json({ resultCode: -999, message: e.message });
-  }
-});
-
-app.post("/removePreset", authenticateToken, (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    User.findOne({ uid: req.uid }, (err, user) => {
-      for (i = 0; i < user.presets.length; i++) {
-        if (user.presets[i]._id.toString() == req.body.presetid.toString()) {
-          user.presets.splice(i, 1);
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      user.save();
-    })
-      .then((e) => {
-        console.log(`user ${req.uid} deleted a preset`);
-        res.send({ resultCode: 1 });
-      })
-      .catch((e) => {
-        console.error(
-          `error deleting preset for user ${req.uid}: ${e.message}`
-        );
-        res.send({ resultCode: -999 });
-      });
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(`error deleting preset for ${req.uid} - ${e}`);
-    res.send({ resultCode: -999 });
-  }
-});
diff --git a/backend/handlers/validation.js b/backend/handlers/validation.js
index 6d0e55663..e28c0282c 100644
--- a/backend/handlers/validation.js
+++ b/backend/handlers/validation.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const MonkeyError = require("./error");
+
 module.exports = {
   isUsernameValid(name) {
     if (name === null || name === undefined || name === "") return false;
@@ -67,5 +69,27 @@ module.exports = {
     if (name === null || name === undefined || name === "") return false;
     if (name.length > 30) return false;
     return /^[0-9a-zA-Z_.\-#+]+$/.test(name);
+  },
+  validateConfig(config){
+    Object.keys(config).forEach((key) => {
+      if (!isConfigKeyValid(key)) {
+        throw `InvalidConfig: ${key} failed regex check`;
+      }
+      if (key === "resultFilters") return;
+      if (key === "customBackground") return;
+      let val = config[key];
+      if (Array.isArray(val)) {
+        val.forEach((valarr) => {
+          if (!isConfigKeyValid(valarr)) {
+            throw `InvalidConfig: ${key}:${valarr} failed regex check`;
+          }
+        });
+      } else {
+        if (!isConfigKeyValid(val)) {
+          throw `InvalidConfig: ${key}:${val} failed regex check`;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    return true;
   }
 };