diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/JwtType.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/JwtType.cs
index 170a744a42..fd6057392a 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/JwtType.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/JwtType.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 using System;
 
-using HotChocolate.Language;
-using HotChocolate.Types;
-
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.GraphQL.Scalars
 {
 	/// <summary>
-	/// A <see cref="ScalarType{TRuntimeType, TLiteral}"/> for encoded JSON Web Tokens.
+	/// A <see cref="StringScalarType"/> for encoded JSON Web Tokens.
 	/// </summary>
-	public sealed class JwtType : ScalarType<string, StringValueNode>
+	public sealed class JwtType : StringScalarType
 	{
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="JwtType"/> class.
@@ -19,20 +16,5 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.GraphQL.Scalars
 			Description = "Represents an encoded JSON Web Token";
 			SpecifiedBy = new Uri("https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7519");
 		}
-
-		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public override IValueNode ParseResult(object? resultValue)
-			=> ParseValue(resultValue);
-
-		/// <inheritdoc />
-		protected override string ParseLiteral(StringValueNode valueSyntax)
-		{
-			ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(valueSyntax);
-			return valueSyntax.Value;
-		}
-
-		/// <inheritdoc />
-		protected override StringValueNode ParseValue(string runtimeValue)
-			=> new(runtimeValue);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/StringScalarType.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/StringScalarType.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05f4328946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/GraphQL/Scalars/StringScalarType.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+
+using HotChocolate.Language;
+using HotChocolate.Types;
+
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.GraphQL.Scalars
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A <see cref="ScalarType{TRuntimeType, TLiteral}"/> for specialized <see cref="string"/> types.
+	/// </summary>
+	public abstract class StringScalarType : ScalarType<string, StringValueNode>
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StringScalarType"/> class.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="name">The name of the GraphQL scalar type.</param>
+		public StringScalarType(string name)
+			: base(name)
+		{
+		}
+
+		/// <inheritdoc />
+		public override IValueNode ParseResult(object? resultValue)
+			=> ParseValue(resultValue);
+
+		/// <inheritdoc />
+		protected override string ParseLiteral(StringValueNode valueSyntax)
+		{
+			ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(valueSyntax);
+			return valueSyntax.Value;
+		}
+
+		/// <inheritdoc />
+		protected override StringValueNode ParseValue(string runtimeValue)
+			=> new(runtimeValue);
+	}
+}