diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
index 1f9e3e323..705ea443b 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ bool TlsCertificate::generateFingerprint(const QString &certificateFilename)
 
     auto localPath = QStringLiteral("%1/%2/%3").arg(profileDir, kSslDir, kFingerprintLocalFilename).toStdString();
 
-    const deskflow::FingerprintData data{"sha1", fingerprint};
-
     deskflow::FingerprintDatabase db;
-    db.addTrusted(data);
+    db.addTrusted(fingerprint);
     db.write(localPath);
 
     qDebug("tls fingerprint generated");
diff --git a/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt
index ab3a685d5..684d62af3 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 add_library(net STATIC
-  FingerprintTypes.h
   FingerprintData.cpp
   FingerprintData.h
   FingerprintDatabase.cpp
diff --git a/src/lib/net/FingerprintData.h b/src/lib/net/FingerprintData.h
index e5d53a167..d45f34e86 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/FingerprintData.h
+++ b/src/lib/net/FingerprintData.h
@@ -7,14 +7,19 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "FingerprintTypes.h"
-
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace deskflow {
 
+enum FingerprintType
+{
+  Invalid,
+  SHA1,
+  SHA256
+};
+
 struct FingerprintData
 {
   std::string algorithm;
diff --git a/src/lib/net/FingerprintTypes.h b/src/lib/net/FingerprintTypes.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ebfdde09b..000000000
--- a/src/lib/net/FingerprintTypes.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Deskflow Developers
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-namespace deskflow {
-
-enum FingerprintType
-{
-  Invalid,
-  SHA1,
-  SHA256
-};
-
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp b/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp
index 7ba987869..1496d1796 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp
@@ -613,16 +613,15 @@ void SecureSocket::disconnect()
 bool SecureSocket::verifyCertFingerprint()
 {
   // calculate received certificate fingerprint
-  std::vector<std::uint8_t> fingerprint_raw;
+  deskflow::FingerprintData fingerprint;
   try {
-    fingerprint_raw =
-        deskflow::SSLCertFingerprint(SSL_get_peer_certificate(m_ssl->m_ssl), deskflow::FingerprintType::SHA1);
+    fingerprint = deskflow::sslCertFingerprint(SSL_get_peer_certificate(m_ssl->m_ssl), deskflow::FingerprintType::SHA1);
   } catch (const std::exception &e) {
     LOG((CLOG_ERR "%s", e.what()));
     return false;
   }
 
-  LOG((CLOG_NOTE "server fingerprint: %s", deskflow::formatSSLFingerprint(fingerprint_raw).c_str()));
+  LOG((CLOG_NOTE "server fingerprint: %s", deskflow::formatSSLFingerprint(fingerprint.data).c_str()));
 
   std::string trustedServersFilename = deskflow::string::sprintf(
       "%s/%s/%s", ARCH->getProfileDirectory().c_str(), kSslDir, kFingerprintTrustedServersFilename
@@ -642,8 +641,6 @@ bool SecureSocket::verifyCertFingerprint()
     return false;
   }
 
-  deskflow::FingerprintData fingerprint{"sha1", fingerprint_raw};
-
   if (!db.isTrusted(fingerprint)) {
     LOG((CLOG_WARN "fingerprint does not match trusted fingerprint"));
     return false;
diff --git a/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.cpp b/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.cpp
index d4683a7a2..c5cd0e8fb 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "SecureUtils.h"
+#include "FingerprintDatabase.h"
 #include "base/String.h"
 #include "base/finally.h"
 #include "io/filesystem.h"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ std::string formatSSLFingerprint(const std::vector<uint8_t> &fingerprint, bool e
   return result;
 }
 
-std::vector<uint8_t> SSLCertFingerprint(X509 *cert, FingerprintType type)
+FingerprintData sslCertFingerprint(X509 *cert, FingerprintType type)
 {
   if (!cert) {
     throw std::runtime_error("certificate is null");
@@ -66,10 +67,10 @@ std::vector<uint8_t> SSLCertFingerprint(X509 *cert, FingerprintType type)
 
   std::vector<std::uint8_t> digestVec;
   digestVec.assign(reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t *>(digest), reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t *>(digest) + digestLength);
-  return digestVec;
+  return {fingerprintTypeToString(type), digestVec};
 }
 
-std::vector<std::uint8_t> pemFileCertFingerprint(const std::string &path, FingerprintType type)
+FingerprintData pemFileCertFingerprint(const std::string &path, FingerprintType type)
 {
   auto fp = fopenUtf8Path(path, "r");
   if (!fp) {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> pemFileCertFingerprint(const std::string &path, Finger
   }
   auto certFree = finally([cert]() { X509_free(cert); });
 
-  return SSLCertFingerprint(cert, type);
+  return sslCertFingerprint(cert, type);
 }
 
 void generatePemSelfSignedCert(const std::string &path, int keyLength)
diff --git a/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.h b/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.h
index 3cebb6558..7ff311aef 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.h
+++ b/src/lib/net/SecureUtils.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "FingerprintTypes.h"
+#include "FingerprintData.h"
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <openssl/ossl_typ.h>
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ namespace deskflow {
  */
 std::string formatSSLFingerprint(const std::vector<uint8_t> &fingerprint, bool enableSeparators = true);
 
-std::vector<std::uint8_t> SSLCertFingerprint(X509 *cert, FingerprintType type);
+FingerprintData sslCertFingerprint(X509 *cert, FingerprintType type);
 
-std::vector<std::uint8_t> pemFileCertFingerprint(const std::string &path, FingerprintType type);
+FingerprintData pemFileCertFingerprint(const std::string &path, FingerprintType type);
 
 void generatePemSelfSignedCert(const std::string &path, int keyLength = 2048);