diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index da641cf7..32183cd3 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ uploads
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 *.db
 _test
-Pipfile
\ No newline at end of file
+Pipfile
+
+/data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/index.ts b/src/lib/utils/index.ts
index d9f6fd7d..2029604e 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -127,38 +127,3 @@ export const findWordIndices = (text) => {
 
 	return matches;
 };
-
-export const calculateSHA256 = async (file) => {
-	console.log(file);
-	// Create a FileReader to read the file asynchronously
-	const reader = new FileReader();
-
-	// Define a promise to handle the file reading
-	const readFile = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result);
-		reader.onerror = reject;
-	});
-
-	// Read the file as an ArrayBuffer
-	reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
-
-	try {
-		// Wait for the FileReader to finish reading the file
-		const buffer = await readFile;
-
-		// Convert the ArrayBuffer to a Uint8Array
-		const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(buffer);
-
-		// Calculate the SHA-256 hash using Web Crypto API
-		const hashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', uint8Array);
-
-		// Convert the hash to a hexadecimal string
-		const hashArray = Array.from(new Uint8Array(hashBuffer));
-		const hashHex = hashArray.map((byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
-
-		return `sha256:${hashHex}`;
-	} catch (error) {
-		console.error('Error calculating SHA-256 hash:', error);
-		throw error;
-	}
-};