diff --git a/backend/routers/auth.py b/backend/routers/auth.py
index a5f1081..9d1aed4 100644
--- a/backend/routers/auth.py
+++ b/backend/routers/auth.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from datetime import timedelta, datetime
 from typing import Annotated
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from passlib.context import CryptContext
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from starlette import status
-from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordRequestForm
-from jose import jwt
+from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordRequestForm, OAuth2PasswordBearer
+from jose import jwt, JWTError
 
 from models import User
 from database import SessionLocal
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = '3b004eeae34b43bd05226f210d9bdc2ad99abdd3c52bf32802906085b762ff55'
 ALGORITHM = 'HS256'
 
 bcrypt_context = CryptContext(schemes=['bcrypt'], deprecated='auto')
+oauth2_bearer = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl='validate')
 
 
 def get_db():
@@ -58,6 +59,19 @@ 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('/auth/create', status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 async def create_user(db: db_dependency, data: CreateUser):
     create_user_model = User(