diff --git a/auth/auth.mts b/auth/auth.mts
index c7769f2..1aab958 100644
--- a/auth/auth.mts
+++ b/auth/auth.mts
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 import passport from 'passport'
 import { Strategy as localStrategy } from 'passport-local'
-import { User, UserModel } from '../model/model.mjs'
+import { User, UserModel, encryptPwd, pwdIsValid } from '../model/model.mjs'
 import { Strategy as JWTstrategy, ExtractJwt } from 'passport-jwt'
+import { userDb } from '../db.mjs'
 
 passport.use('signup', new localStrategy(
 	{
-		usernameField: 'email',
+		usernameField: 'username',
 		passwordField: 'password'
 	},
-	async (email, password, done) => {
+	async (username, password, done) => {
+		console.log("signup auth strategy has begun")
 		try {
-			const user = await UserModel.create({ email, password })
+			// const user = await UserModel.create({ email, password })
+			const encryptedPwd = await encryptPwd(password)
+			const user = await userDb("users").insert({ username: username, password: encryptedPwd }).returning(["username", "password"])
+			console.log(`user: ${user}`)
 			return done(null, user)
 		} catch (err) {
+			console.error(err)
 			done(err)
 		}
 	}))
@@ -20,20 +26,23 @@ passport.use('signup', new localStrategy(
 passport.use('login',
 	new localStrategy(
 		{
-			usernameField: "email",
+			usernameField: "username",
 			passwordField: "password",
 			session: false
 		},
 		async (email, password, done) => {
 			console.log("local strategy called")
 			try {
-				const user: User = await UserModel.findOne({ email })
+				// const user: User = await UserModel.findOne({ email })
+				let returnedUser: Array<User> = await userDb("users").select("username", "password").where({ username: email })
+				const user: User = returnedUser[0]
 				console.log(`user: ${user}`)
-				if (!user) {
+				if (!user || returnedUser.length === 0) {
 					return done(null, false, { message: "user not found" })
 				}
 
-				const validate: boolean = await user.isValidPassword(password)
+				// const validate: boolean = await user.isValidPassword(password)
+				const validate: boolean = await pwdIsValid(password, user)
 				console.log(`isValidPassword? ${validate}`)
 
 				if (!validate) {
diff --git a/db.mts b/db.mts
index 481a1bf..9d54b89 100644
--- a/db.mts
+++ b/db.mts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ export const testDb = knex({
 	useNullAsDefault: true
 })
 
+export const userDb = knex({
+	client: "sqlite3",
+	connection: {
+		filename: "./users"
+	},
+	useNullAsDefault: true
+})
 
 
 
diff --git a/index.mts b/index.mts
index 98905b8..f717fc6 100644
--- a/index.mts
+++ b/index.mts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import express from "express"
 import mongoose from "mongoose"
 import passport from "passport"
 import bodyParser from "body-parser"
-
-import { UserModel } from "./model/model.mjs"
+import { db } from "./db.mjs"
 import { default as routes } from "./routes/routes.mjs"
 import { default as secureRoute } from "./routes/secure-routes.mjs"
 import "./auth/auth.mjs"
diff --git a/model/model.mts b/model/model.mts
index 5856ae1..8bcf0c9 100644
--- a/model/model.mts
+++ b/model/model.mts
@@ -37,5 +37,17 @@ export interface User {
 
 export const UserModel = mongoose.model("user", UserSchema)
 
+export interface User {
+	username: string;
+	password: string;
+}
+
+export async function encryptPwd(pwd: string) {
+	return Promise.resolve(bcrypt.hash(pwd, 10))
+}
+
+export async function pwdIsValid(pwd: string, user: User): Promise<boolean> {
+	return Promise.resolve(bcrypt.compare(pwd, user.password))
+}
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d355175..1db63ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.4.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@types/knex": "^0.16.1",
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
     "mongoose": "^8.4.0",
     "passport": "^0.7.0",
     "passport-jwt": "^4.0.1",
-    "passport-local": "^1.0.0"
+    "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
+    "sqlite3": "^5.1.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/routes/routes.mts b/routes/routes.mts
index 6f15649..2637bc7 100644
--- a/routes/routes.mts
+++ b/routes/routes.mts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ router.post(
 						async (error) => {
 							if (error) return next(error);
 
-							const body = { _id: user._id, email: user.email };
+							const body = { _id: user._id, username: user.username };
 							const token = jwt.sign({ user: body }, 'TOP_SECRET', { expiresIn: "20m" });
 
 							return res.json({ token });
diff --git a/submissions b/submissions
index 82b7cfb..5af63f4 100644
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