diff --git a/cli/server/new.go b/cli/server/new.go
index 384ca645..030ce7b3 100644
--- a/cli/server/new.go
+++ b/cli/server/new.go
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 package server
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
 
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/cli/formatter"
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/cli/internal"
+	"coopcloud.tech/libcapsul"
 	"github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/hcloud"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -182,8 +178,8 @@ environment variable or otherwise passing the "--env/-e" flag.
 		},
 	},
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-		name := c.Args().First()
-		if name == "" {
+		capsulName := c.Args().First()
+		if capsulName == "" {
 			internal.ShowSubcommandHelpAndError(c, errors.New("no name provided"))
 		}
 
@@ -191,57 +187,17 @@ environment variable or otherwise passing the "--env/-e" flag.
 			logrus.Fatal("Capsul API token is missing")
 		}
 
-		// yep, the response time is quite slow, something to fix on the Capsul side
-		client := &http.Client{Timeout: 20 * time.Second}
-
 		capsulCreateURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/api/capsul/create", capsulInstance)
-		logrus.Debugf("using '%s' as capsul create url", capsulCreateURL)
-		values := map[string]string{
-			"name":      name,
-			"size":      capsulType,
-			"os":        capsulImage,
-			"ssh_key_0": capsulSSHKey,
-		}
 
-		payload, err := json.Marshal(values)
+		capsulClient := libcapsul.New(capsulCreateURL, capsulAPIToken)
+		resp, err := capsulClient.Create(capsulName, capsulType, capsulImage, capsulSSHKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", capsulCreateURL, bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
-		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatal(err)
-		}
-
-		req.Header = http.Header{
-			"Content-Type":  []string{"application/json"},
-			"Authorization": []string{capsulAPIToken},
-		}
-
-		res, err := client.Do(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		defer res.Body.Close()
-
-		if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
-			}
-			logrus.Fatal(string(body))
-		}
-
-		type capsulCreateResponse struct{ ID string }
-		var resp capsulCreateResponse
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&resp); err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		logrus.Debugf("capsul created with ID: '%s'", resp.ID)
-
 		tableColumns := []string{"Name", "ID"}
 		table := formatter.CreateTable(tableColumns)
-		table.Append([]string{name, resp.ID})
+		table.Append([]string{capsulName, resp.ID})
 		table.Render()
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 58d0c09e..3fc827c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	coopcloud.tech/libcapsul v0.0.0-20211020153234-f1386b5cf79d
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.21 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.6.4 // indirect
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libdns/gandi v1.0.2
-	github.com/libdns/libdns v0.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/libdns/libdns v0.2.1
 	github.com/moby/sys/mount v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fac8183c..59bfde5a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jhfEVHT8odbXTkndysNHCcx0awwzvfOlguIA
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.0.0/go.mod h1:IhtSnM/ZTZV8YYJWCY8RULGVqBDmpoyjwiyrjsg+URw=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.5.0/go.mod h1:tpKbwo567HUNpVclU5sGELwQWBDZ8gh0ZeosJ0Rtdos=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.6.0/go.mod h1:N7U0C8pVQ/+NIKOBQyamJIeKQKkZ+mxpohlUTyfDhBk=
+coopcloud.tech/libcapsul v0.0.0-20211020153234-f1386b5cf79d h1:5A69AFx2BP5J43Y9SaB9LlAIMLr2SWqbzfgjUh8sgKM=
+coopcloud.tech/libcapsul v0.0.0-20211020153234-f1386b5cf79d/go.mod h1:HEQ9pSJRsDKabMxPfYCCzpVpAreLoC4Gh4SkVyOaKvk=
 coopcloud.tech/tagcmp v0.0.0-20211011140827-4f27c74467eb h1:Jf+Dnna2kXcNQvcA5JMp6d2Uyvg2pIVJfip9+X5FrH0=
 coopcloud.tech/tagcmp v0.0.0-20211011140827-4f27c74467eb/go.mod h1:ESVm0wQKcbcFi06jItF3rI7enf4Jt2PvbkWpDDHk1DQ=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=