diff --git a/backend/src/auth/router.py b/backend/src/auth/router.py
index 457607fa..3a553fec 100644
--- a/backend/src/auth/router.py
+++ b/backend/src/auth/router.py
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 
 
 @router.post("/signup")
-def sign_up(data: SignUpData, session=Depends(get_session)):
+def sign_up(
+    data: SignUpData, response: Response, session=Depends(get_session)
+) -> Token:
     existing_user = session.scalars(
         select(User).where(User.email == data.email)
     ).first()
@@ -52,8 +54,9 @@ def sign_up(data: SignUpData, session=Depends(get_session)):
     )
     session.add(new_user)
     session.commit()
+    session.refresh(new_user)
 
-    return
+    return create_token(new_user, response)
 
 
 @router.post("/login")
diff --git a/backend/src/events/process.py b/backend/src/events/process.py
index 227b4743..4962d426 100644
--- a/backend/src/events/process.py
+++ b/backend/src/events/process.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ def add_event_to_db(event: EventLLM) -> bool:
         eventORM = session.scalars(
             select(Event).where(
                 Event.title == event.title,
-                Event.description == Event.description,
-                Event.duplicate == event.duplicate,
+                Event.description == event.description,
                 Event.is_singapore == event.is_singapore,
                 Event.original_article_id == event.original_article_id,
             )
diff --git a/frontend/app/(unauthenticated)/register/page.tsx b/frontend/app/(unauthenticated)/register/page.tsx
index 4b026381..f596061f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/(unauthenticated)/register/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/(unauthenticated)/register/page.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Alert, AlertDescription } from "@/components/ui/alert";
 import { Box } from "@/components/ui/box";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Form } from "@/components/ui/form";
+import { useUserStore } from "@/store/user/user-store-provider";
 
 const registerFormSchema = z.object({
   email: z.string().email("Invalid email address"),
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type RegisterForm = z.infer<typeof registerFormSchema>;
 
 function RegisterPage() {
   const router = useRouter();
+  const setLoggedIn = useUserStore((state) => state.setLoggedIn);
   const [isError, setIsError] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const form = useForm<RegisterForm>({
     resolver: zodResolver(registerFormSchema),
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ function RegisterPage() {
       setIsError(true);
     } else {
       setIsError(false);
+      setLoggedIn(response.data.user);
       router.push("/login");
     }
   };
diff --git a/frontend/client/types.gen.ts b/frontend/client/types.gen.ts
index 32ef05b3..040e3131 100644
--- a/frontend/client/types.gen.ts
+++ b/frontend/client/types.gen.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export type SignUpAuthSignupPostData = {
     body: SignUpData;
 };
 
-export type SignUpAuthSignupPostResponse = (unknown);
+export type SignUpAuthSignupPostResponse = (Token);
 
 export type SignUpAuthSignupPostError = (HTTPValidationError);