diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-user.ts b/frontend/composables/use-user.ts
index b4c2485a3..35341c99d 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-user.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-user.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useUserApi } from "~/composables/api";
+import { useAdminApi } from "~/composables/api";
 import type { UserIn, UserOut } from "~/lib/api/types/user";
 
 /*
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ to control whether the object is substantiated... but some of the others rely on
 */
 
 export const useAllUsers = function () {
-  const api = useUserApi();
+  const api = useAdminApi();
   const asyncKey = String(Date.now());
   const { data: users, refresh: refreshAllUsers } = useLazyAsyncData(asyncKey, async () => {
     const { data } = await api.users.getAll();
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const useAllUsers = function () {
 };
 
 export const useUser = function (refreshFunc: CallableFunction | null = null) {
-  const api = useUserApi();
+  const api = useAdminApi();
   const loading = ref(false);
 
   function getUser(id: string) {
diff --git a/mealie/routes/admin/admin_management_users.py b/mealie/routes/admin/admin_management_users.py
index 68dd5d8ce..d87209df5 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/admin/admin_management_users.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/admin/admin_management_users.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
 from pydantic import UUID4
 
 from mealie.core import security
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class AdminUserManagementRoutes(BaseAdminController):
 
     @router.post("", response_model=UserOut, status_code=201)
     def create_one(self, data: UserIn):
+        if self.repos.users.get_by_username(data.username):
+            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT, {"message": self.t("exceptions.username-conflict-error")})
+        elif self.repos.users.get_one(data.email, "email"):
+            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT, {"message": self.t("exceptions.email-conflict-error")})
+
         data.password = security.hash_password(data.password)
         return self.mixins.create_one(data)
 
diff --git a/mealie/routes/users/__init__.py b/mealie/routes/users/__init__.py
index f46c8a54a..962a68b12 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/users/__init__.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/users/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ router = APIRouter()
 
 router.include_router(registration.router, prefix=user_prefix, tags=["Users: Registration"])
 router.include_router(crud.user_router)
-router.include_router(crud.admin_router)
 router.include_router(forgot_password.router, prefix=user_prefix, tags=["Users: Passwords"])
 router.include_router(images.router, prefix=user_prefix, tags=["Users: Images"])
 router.include_router(api_tokens.router)
diff --git a/mealie/routes/users/crud.py b/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
index a246b6fa3..45a571df5 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
@@ -1,52 +1,17 @@
-from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
+from fastapi import HTTPException, status
 from pydantic import UUID4
 
 from mealie.core.security import hash_password
 from mealie.core.security.providers.credentials_provider import CredentialsProvider
 from mealie.db.models.users.users import AuthMethod
-from mealie.routes._base import BaseAdminController, BaseUserController, controller
-from mealie.routes._base.mixins import HttpRepo
-from mealie.routes._base.routers import AdminAPIRouter, UserAPIRouter
+from mealie.routes._base import BaseUserController, controller
+from mealie.routes._base.routers import UserAPIRouter
 from mealie.routes.users._helpers import assert_user_change_allowed
 from mealie.schema.response import ErrorResponse, SuccessResponse
-from mealie.schema.response.pagination import PaginationQuery
-from mealie.schema.user import ChangePassword, UserBase, UserIn, UserOut
-from mealie.schema.user.user import UserPagination, UserRatings, UserRatingSummary
+from mealie.schema.user import ChangePassword, UserBase, UserOut
+from mealie.schema.user.user import UserRatings, UserRatingSummary
 
 user_router = UserAPIRouter(prefix="/users", tags=["Users: CRUD"])
-admin_router = AdminAPIRouter(prefix="/users", tags=["Users: Admin CRUD"])
-
-
-@controller(admin_router)
-class AdminUserController(BaseAdminController):
-    @property
-    def mixins(self) -> HttpRepo:
-        return HttpRepo[UserIn, UserOut, UserBase](self.repos.users, self.logger)
-
-    @admin_router.get("", response_model=UserPagination)
-    def get_all(self, q: PaginationQuery = Depends(PaginationQuery)):
-        """Returns all users from all groups"""
-
-        response = self.repos.users.page_all(
-            pagination=q,
-            override=UserOut,
-        )
-
-        response.set_pagination_guides(admin_router.url_path_for("get_all"), q.model_dump())
-        return response
-
-    @admin_router.post("", response_model=UserOut, status_code=201)
-    def create_user(self, new_user: UserIn):
-        new_user.password = hash_password(new_user.password)
-        return self.mixins.create_one(new_user)
-
-    @admin_router.get("/{item_id}", response_model=UserOut)
-    def get_user(self, item_id: UUID4):
-        return self.mixins.get_one(item_id)
-
-    @admin_router.delete("/{item_id}")
-    def delete_user(self, item_id: UUID4):
-        self.mixins.delete_one(item_id)
 
 
 @controller(user_router)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py b/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py
index 79283c5c6..0c621acb8 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def h2_user(session: Session, admin_token, api_client: TestClient, unique_user:
         "admin": False,
         "tokens": [],
     }
-    response = api_client.post(api_routes.users, json=user_data, headers=admin_token)
+    response = api_client.post(api_routes.admin_users, json=user_data, headers=admin_token)
     assert response.status_code == 201
 
     # Log in as this user
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def g2_user(session: Session, admin_token, api_client: TestClient):
     }
 
     api_client.post(api_routes.admin_groups, json={"name": group}, headers=admin_token)
-    response = api_client.post(api_routes.users, json=create_data, headers=admin_token)
+    response = api_client.post(api_routes.admin_users, json=create_data, headers=admin_token)
 
     assert response.status_code == 201
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def user_tuple(session: Session, admin_token, api_client: TestClient) -> Generat
     users_out = []
 
     for usr in [create_data_1, create_data_2]:
-        response = api_client.post(api_routes.users, json=usr, headers=admin_token)
+        response = api_client.post(api_routes.admin_users, json=usr, headers=admin_token)
         assert response.status_code == 201
 
         # Log in as this user
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def user_token(admin_token, api_client: TestClient):
         "tokens": [],
     }
 
-    response = api_client.post(api_routes.users, json=create_data, headers=admin_token)
+    response = api_client.post(api_routes.admin_users, json=create_data, headers=admin_token)
 
     assert response.status_code == 201
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_api_token.py b/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_api_token.py
index 44635addb..56833ed0e 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_api_token.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_api_token.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def test_api_token_private(api_client: TestClient, admin_token):
     response = api_client.post(api_routes.users_api_tokens, json={"name": "Test API Token"}, headers=admin_token)
     assert response.status_code == 201
 
-    response = api_client.get(api_routes.users, headers=admin_token, params={"perPage": -1})
+    response = api_client.get(api_routes.admin_users, headers=admin_token, params={"perPage": -1})
     assert response.status_code == 200
     for user in response.json()["items"]:
         for user_token in user["tokens"] or []:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_api_token_private(api_client: TestClient, admin_token):
 
 
 def test_use_token(api_client: TestClient, long_live_token):
-    response = api_client.get(api_routes.users, headers=long_live_token)
+    response = api_client.get(api_routes.admin_users, headers=long_live_token)
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_crud.py b/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_crud.py
index 9d4a60e28..81a68bcc9 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_crud.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/user_tests/test_user_crud.py
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ def test_user_update(api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser, admin_user:
 
 
 def test_admin_updates(api_client: TestClient, admin_user: TestUser, unique_user: TestUser):
-    response = api_client.get(api_routes.users_item_id(unique_user.user_id), headers=admin_user.token)
+    response = api_client.get(api_routes.admin_users_item_id(unique_user.user_id), headers=admin_user.token)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
     user = response.json()
-    response = api_client.get(api_routes.users_item_id(admin_user.user_id), headers=admin_user.token)
+
+    response = api_client.get(api_routes.admin_users_item_id(admin_user.user_id), headers=admin_user.token)
     admin = response.json()
 
     # admin updating themselves