diff --git a/backend/routers/auth.py b/backend/routers/auth.py
index 29ee23d..8bb11f9 100644
--- a/backend/routers/auth.py
+++ b/backend/routers/auth.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import timedelta, datetime
+from datetime import timedelta, datetime, timezone
 from typing import Annotated
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -31,7 +31,22 @@ def get_db():
         db.close()
 
 
+async def get_current_user(token: Annotated[str, Depends(oauth2_bearer)]):
+    try:
+        payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
+        username: str = payload.get('sub')
+        user_id: int = payload.get('id')
+        role: str = payload.get('role')
+        if username is None or user_id is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="1Could not validate credentials")
+        return {'username': username, 'user_id': user_id, 'role': role}
+    except JWTError as e:
+        print(str(e))
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="2Could not validate credentials")
+
+
 db_dependency = Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)]
+user_dependency = Annotated[dict, Depends(get_current_user)]
 
 
 def authenticate_user(username: str, password: str, db):
@@ -43,9 +58,9 @@ def authenticate_user(username: str, password: str, db):
     return user
 
 
-def create_access_token(username: str, user_id: int, expires_delta: timedelta):
-    encode = {'sub': username, 'id': user_id}
-    expire = datetime.now() + expires_delta
+def create_access_token(username: str, user_id: int, role: str, expires_delta: timedelta):
+    encode = {'sub': username, 'id': user_id, 'role': role}
+    expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + expires_delta
     encode.update({'exp': expire})
 
     return jwt.encode(encode, SECRET_KEY, ALGORITHM)
@@ -62,21 +77,14 @@ class Token(BaseModel):
     token_type: str
 
 
-async def get_current_user(token: Annotated[str, Depends(oauth2_bearer)]):
-    try:
-        payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
-        username: str = payload.get('sub')
-        user_id: int = payload.get('id')
-        if username is None or user_id is None:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Could not validate credentials")
-
-        return {'username': username, 'user_id': user_id}
-    except JWTError:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Could not validate credentials")
-
-
 @router.post('/user/create', status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
-async def create_user(db: db_dependency, data: CreateUser):
+async def create_user(user: user_dependency, db: db_dependency, data: CreateUser):
+    if user is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail='Authentication failed')
+
+    if user['role'] != 'admin':
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail='Not authorized')
+
     create_user_model = User(
         username=data.username,
         email=data.email,
@@ -97,5 +105,5 @@ async def get_token(
     if not user:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Could not validate credentials")
 
-    token = create_access_token(user.username, user.id, timedelta(minutes=20))
+    token = create_access_token(user.username, user.id, user.role, timedelta(minutes=20))
     return {'access_token': token, 'token_type': 'bearer'}