diff --git a/src/lib/middleware/api-token-middleware.test.ts b/src/lib/middleware/api-token-middleware.test.ts
index 1ee74ac094..bc25e35680 100644
--- a/src/lib/middleware/api-token-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/middleware/api-token-middleware.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import apiTokenMiddleware from './api-token-middleware';
 import getLogger from '../../test/fixtures/no-logger';
-import { CLIENT } from '../permissions';
+import { CLIENT } from '../types/permissions';
 import { createTestConfig } from '../../test/config/test-config';
 import ApiUser from '../types/api-user';
 
diff --git a/src/lib/middleware/no-authentication.js b/src/lib/middleware/no-authentication.js
index a08b013101..03d16916a3 100644
--- a/src/lib/middleware/no-authentication.js
+++ b/src/lib/middleware/no-authentication.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { ADMIN } = require('../permissions');
+const { ADMIN } = require('../types/permissions');
 const ApiUser = require('../types/api-user');
 
 function noneAuthentication(basePath = '', app) {
diff --git a/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.test.ts b/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.test.ts
index 21a0419f62..74a82706b3 100644
--- a/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import rbacMiddleware from './rbac-middleware';
 import ffStore from '../../test/fixtures/fake-feature-toggle-store';
 import User from '../types/user';
-import perms from '../permissions';
+import * as perms from '../types/permissions';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../types/option';
 import { createTestConfig } from '../../test/config/test-config';
 import ApiUser from '../types/api-user';
diff --git a/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.ts b/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.ts
index 7ec8df7d6c..c04a24e255 100644
--- a/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.ts
+++ b/src/lib/middleware/rbac-middleware.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
     UPDATE_FEATURE,
     DELETE_FEATURE,
     ADMIN,
-} from '../permissions';
+} from '../types/permissions';
 import ApiUser from '../types/api-user';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../types/option';
 import { IUnleashStores } from '../types/stores';
diff --git a/src/lib/permissions.js b/src/lib/permissions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 23d497caf5..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/permissions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const ADMIN = 'ADMIN';
-const CLIENT = 'CLIENT';
-const CREATE_FEATURE = 'CREATE_FEATURE';
-const UPDATE_FEATURE = 'UPDATE_FEATURE';
-const DELETE_FEATURE = 'DELETE_FEATURE';
-const CREATE_STRATEGY = 'CREATE_STRATEGY';
-const UPDATE_STRATEGY = 'UPDATE_STRATEGY';
-const DELETE_STRATEGY = 'DELETE_STRATEGY';
-const UPDATE_APPLICATION = 'UPDATE_APPLICATION';
-const CREATE_CONTEXT_FIELD = 'CREATE_CONTEXT_FIELD';
-const UPDATE_CONTEXT_FIELD = 'UPDATE_CONTEXT_FIELD';
-const DELETE_CONTEXT_FIELD = 'DELETE_CONTEXT_FIELD';
-const CREATE_PROJECT = 'CREATE_PROJECT';
-const UPDATE_PROJECT = 'UPDATE_PROJECT';
-const DELETE_PROJECT = 'DELETE_PROJECT';
-const CREATE_ADDON = 'CREATE_ADDON';
-const UPDATE_ADDON = 'UPDATE_ADDON';
-const DELETE_ADDON = 'DELETE_ADDON';
-const READ_ROLE = 'READ_ROLE';
-const UPDATE_ROLE = 'UPDATE_ROLE';
-const UPDATE_API_TOKEN = 'UPDATE_API_TOKEN';
-const CREATE_API_TOKEN = 'CREATE_API_TOKEN';
-const DELETE_API_TOKEN = 'DELETE_API_TOKEN';
-
-module.exports = {
-    ADMIN,
-    CLIENT,
-    CREATE_FEATURE,
-    UPDATE_FEATURE,
-    DELETE_FEATURE,
-    CREATE_STRATEGY,
-    UPDATE_STRATEGY,
-    DELETE_STRATEGY,
-    UPDATE_APPLICATION,
-    CREATE_CONTEXT_FIELD,
-    UPDATE_CONTEXT_FIELD,
-    DELETE_CONTEXT_FIELD,
-    CREATE_PROJECT,
-    UPDATE_PROJECT,
-    DELETE_PROJECT,
-    CREATE_ADDON,
-    DELETE_ADDON,
-    UPDATE_ADDON,
-    READ_ROLE,
-    UPDATE_ROLE,
-    CREATE_API_TOKEN,
-    UPDATE_API_TOKEN,
-    DELETE_API_TOKEN,
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/addon.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/addon.ts
index 26b404349d..b5bcc5b5dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/addon.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/addon.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import AddonService from '../../services/addon-service';
 
 import extractUser from '../../extract-user';
 import { handleErrors } from './util';
-import { CREATE_ADDON, UPDATE_ADDON, DELETE_ADDON } from '../../permissions';
+import { CREATE_ADDON, UPDATE_ADDON, DELETE_ADDON } from '../../types/permissions';
 
 class AddonController extends Controller {
     private logger: Logger;
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-token-controller.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-token-controller.ts
index a522be9dc3..dc168d25ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-token-controller.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/api-token-controller.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
     CREATE_API_TOKEN,
     DELETE_API_TOKEN,
     UPDATE_API_TOKEN,
-} from '../../permissions';
+} from '../../types/permissions';
 import { ApiTokenService } from '../../services/api-token-service';
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
 import { ApiTokenType } from '../../db/api-token-store';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/context.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/context.ts
index 61ea00382a..95f1a91abd 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/context.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/context.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
     CREATE_CONTEXT_FIELD,
     UPDATE_CONTEXT_FIELD,
     DELETE_CONTEXT_FIELD,
-} from '../../permissions';
+} from '../../types/permissions';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../../types/services';
 import ContextService from '../../services/context-service';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/email.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/email.ts
index e3bb07ffdb..811b9162e5 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/email.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/email.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ADMIN } from '../../permissions';
+import { ADMIN } from '../../types/permissions';
 import { TemplateFormat } from '../../services/email-service';
 import { handleErrors } from './util';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts
index 96ff3ad9c3..a9f30838de 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
     UPDATE_FEATURE,
     DELETE_FEATURE,
     CREATE_FEATURE,
-} from '../../permissions';
+} from '../../types/permissions';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../../types/services';
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts
index f8c5761c1e..31e4bb5f16 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/metrics.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../controller';
 import { handleErrors } from './util';
-import { UPDATE_APPLICATION } from '../../permissions';
+import { UPDATE_APPLICATION } from '../../types/permissions';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../../types/services';
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/state.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/state.ts
index 00bad93312..6e53e243ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/state.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/state.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import multer from 'multer';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../controller';
-import { ADMIN } from '../../permissions';
+import { ADMIN } from '../../types/permissions';
 import extractUser from '../../extract-user';
 import { handleErrors } from './util';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag-type.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag-type.ts
index c4cc8fcf72..c7ab855404 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag-type.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../controller';
 
-import { UPDATE_FEATURE } from '../../permissions';
+import { UPDATE_FEATURE } from '../../types/permissions';
 import { handleErrors } from './util';
 import extractUsername from '../../extract-user';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types/option';
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag.ts
index 4a2c64d76e..1d0195c25c 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/tag.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Logger } from '../../logger';
 
 import Controller from '../controller';
 
-import { UPDATE_FEATURE } from '../../permissions';
+import { UPDATE_FEATURE } from '../../types/permissions';
 import { handleErrors } from './util';
 import extractUsername from '../../extract-user';
 
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/user-admin.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/user-admin.ts
index 50a306d32a..d4d2297a12 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/user-admin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/user-admin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../controller';
-import { ADMIN } from '../../permissions';
+import { ADMIN } from '../../types/permissions';
 import UserService from '../../services/user-service';
 import { AccessService } from '../../services/access-service';
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
diff --git a/src/lib/server-impl.ts b/src/lib/server-impl.ts
index e9ee44464a..3ae964b483 100644
--- a/src/lib/server-impl.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server-impl.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { createServices } from './services';
 import { createConfig } from './create-config';
 import User from './types/user';
 
-import permissions from './permissions';
+import * as permissions from './types/permissions';
 import AuthenticationRequired from './types/authentication-required';
 import * as eventType from './types/events';
 import { addEventHook } from './event-hook';
diff --git a/src/lib/services/access-service.ts b/src/lib/services/access-service.ts
index cb4be95744..be5db9ac09 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/access-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/access-service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
     IUserPermission,
     IUserRole,
 } from '../db/access-store';
-import permissions from '../permissions';
+import * as permissions from '../types/permissions';
 import User from '../types/user';
 
 export const ALL_PROJECTS = '*';
diff --git a/src/lib/services/api-token-service.ts b/src/lib/services/api-token-service.ts
index 0fbd2108e7..33e08290fa 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/api-token-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/api-token-service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import { ApiTokenStore, IApiToken, ApiTokenType } from '../db/api-token-store';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
-import { ADMIN, CLIENT } from '../permissions';
+import { ADMIN, CLIENT } from '../types/permissions';
 import { IUnleashStores } from '../types/stores';
 import { IUnleashConfig } from '../types/option';
 import ApiUser from '../types/api-user';
diff --git a/src/lib/types/api-user.ts b/src/lib/types/api-user.ts
index 4957cb30ee..b115d83a39 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/api-user.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/api-user.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CLIENT } from '../permissions';
+import { CLIENT } from './permissions';
 
 interface IApiUserData {
     username: string;
diff --git a/src/lib/types/permissions.ts b/src/lib/types/permissions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e8616de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/types/permissions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+export const ADMIN = 'ADMIN';
+export const CLIENT = 'CLIENT';
+export const CREATE_FEATURE = 'CREATE_FEATURE';
+export const UPDATE_FEATURE = 'UPDATE_FEATURE';
+export const DELETE_FEATURE = 'DELETE_FEATURE';
+export const CREATE_STRATEGY = 'CREATE_STRATEGY';
+export const UPDATE_STRATEGY = 'UPDATE_STRATEGY';
+export const DELETE_STRATEGY = 'DELETE_STRATEGY';
+export const UPDATE_APPLICATION = 'UPDATE_APPLICATION';
+export const CREATE_CONTEXT_FIELD = 'CREATE_CONTEXT_FIELD';
+export const UPDATE_CONTEXT_FIELD = 'UPDATE_CONTEXT_FIELD';
+export const DELETE_CONTEXT_FIELD = 'DELETE_CONTEXT_FIELD';
+export const CREATE_PROJECT = 'CREATE_PROJECT';
+export const UPDATE_PROJECT = 'UPDATE_PROJECT';
+export const DELETE_PROJECT = 'DELETE_PROJECT';
+export const CREATE_ADDON = 'CREATE_ADDON';
+export const UPDATE_ADDON = 'UPDATE_ADDON';
+export const DELETE_ADDON = 'DELETE_ADDON';
+export const READ_ROLE = 'READ_ROLE';
+export const UPDATE_ROLE = 'UPDATE_ROLE';
+export const UPDATE_API_TOKEN = 'UPDATE_API_TOKEN';
+export const CREATE_API_TOKEN = 'CREATE_API_TOKEN';
+export const DELETE_API_TOKEN = 'DELETE_API_TOKEN';
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/services/access-service.e2e.test.js b/src/test/e2e/services/access-service.e2e.test.js
index e9f180ab89..ef73eebbc5 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/services/access-service.e2e.test.js
+++ b/src/test/e2e/services/access-service.e2e.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
     RoleName,
     ALL_PROJECTS,
 } = require('../../../lib/services/access-service');
-const permissions = require('../../../lib/permissions');
+const permissions = require('../../../lib/types/permissions');
 
 let db;
 let stores;
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/services/project-service.e2e.test.js b/src/test/e2e/services/project-service.e2e.test.js
index 1de056cecc..3a21983518 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/services/project-service.e2e.test.js
+++ b/src/test/e2e/services/project-service.e2e.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const {
     AccessService,
     RoleName,
 } = require('../../../lib/services/access-service');
-const { UPDATE_PROJECT } = require('../../../lib/permissions');
+const { UPDATE_PROJECT } = require('../../../lib/types/permissions');
 const NotFoundError = require('../../../lib/error/notfound-error');
 
 let stores;