diff --git a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/models.py b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/models.py
index 1097400..fc41d6f 100644
--- a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/models.py
+++ b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from sqlalchemy import (Column, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, String,
                         UniqueConstraint)
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
-from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, relationship
 
 ORMBaseModel = declarative_base()
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class User(ORMBaseModel):
 
     name = Column(String, primary_key=True, index=True)
     password = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    email = Column(String)
 
     country = Column(String(2))
     state = Column(String)
@@ -36,8 +37,6 @@ class User(ORMBaseModel):
     organization = Column(String)
     organizational_unit = Column(String)
 
-    email = Column(String)
-
     capabilities: list[UserCapability] = relationship(
         "UserCapability", lazy="joined", cascade="all, delete-orphan"
     )
@@ -45,6 +44,23 @@ class User(ORMBaseModel):
         "Device", lazy="select",  back_populates="owner"
     )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_db(
+        cls,
+        db: Session,
+        name: str,
+    ) -> User | None:
+        """
+        Load user from database by name.
+        """
+
+        return (
+            db
+            .query(cls)
+            .filter(cls.name == name)
+            .first()
+        )
+
 
 class Device(ORMBaseModel):
     __tablename__ = "devices"
diff --git a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/schemata/user.py b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/schemata/user.py
index 5789f05..b31e31e 100644
--- a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/schemata/user.py
+++ b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db/schemata/user.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from passlib.context import CryptContext
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, validator
-from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, InvalidRequestError
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from .. import models
@@ -18,23 +18,22 @@ from .user_capability import UserCapability
 
 class UserBase(BaseModel):
     name: str
-
-    country: str
-    state: str
-    city: str
-    organization: str
-    organizational_unit: str
-
     email: str
 
+    capabilities: list[UserCapability] = []
+
+    country: str | None = Field(default=None, repr=False)
+    state: str | None = Field(default=None, repr=False)
+    city: str | None = Field(default=None, repr=False)
+    organization: str | None = Field(default=None, repr=False)
+    organizational_unit: str | None = Field(default=None, repr=False)
+
 
 class UserCreate(UserBase):
     password: str
 
 
 class User(UserBase):
-    capabilities: list[UserCapability] = []
-
     devices: list[Device] = Field(
         default=[], repr=False
     )
@@ -64,15 +63,11 @@ class User(UserBase):
         Load user from database by name.
         """
 
-        try:
-            db_user = models.User(name=name)
-            db.refresh(db_user)
-
-            return cls.from_orm(db_user)
-
-        except InvalidRequestError:
+        if (db_user := models.User.from_db(db, name)) is None:
             return None
 
+        return cls.from_orm(db_user)
+
     @classmethod
     def create(
         cls,
@@ -88,6 +83,7 @@ class User(UserBase):
             db_user = models.User(
                 name=user.name,
                 password=crypt_context.hash(user.password),
+                email=user.email,
                 capabilities=[
                     capability.model
                     for capability in user.capabilities
@@ -117,10 +113,7 @@ class User(UserBase):
         Authenticate with name/password against users in database.
         """
 
-        db_user = models.User(name=self.name)
-        db.refresh(db_user)
-
-        if db_user is None:
+        if (db_user := models.User.from_db(db, self.name)) is None:
             # nonexistent user, fake doing password verification
             crypt_context.dummy_verify()
             return False
@@ -141,8 +134,8 @@ class User(UserBase):
         Update this user in the database.
         """
 
-        db_user = models.User(name=self.name)
-        db.refresh(db_user)
+        if (db_user := models.User.from_db(db, self.name)) is None:
+            return None
 
         for capability in db_user.capabilities:
             db.delete(capability)
@@ -162,10 +155,7 @@ class User(UserBase):
         Delete this user from the database.
         """
 
-        db_user = models.User(name=self.name)
-        db.refresh(db_user)
-
-        if db_user is None:
+        if (db_user := models.User.from_db(db, self.name)) is None:
             # nonexistent user
             return False