diff --git a/server/database/userFunctions.js b/server/database/userFunctions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b820c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/database/userFunctions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+const User = require('../models/userSchema');
+const bcrypt = require('bcrypt')
+
+async function findUsers(req,res){
+    try {
+        const users = await User.find();
+        res.json(users);
+    } catch (err) {
+        res.status(500).json({ message: err.message });
+        console.log("users unsuccessfully sent")
+        //test
+    
+    }
+} 
+async function createNewUser(req,res){
+    const user = new User({
+        firstName: req.body.firstName,
+        lastName: req.body.lastName,
+        email: req.body.email,
+        school: req.body.selectedSchool,
+        password: await hashPassWord(req.body.password),
+        role: req.body.role
+    });
+
+    try {
+        const newUser = await user.save();
+        res.status(201).json(newUser);
+        console.log("created new user")
+    } catch (err) {
+        res.status(400).json({ message: err.message });
+        console.log("error creating new user")
+    }
+
+}
+async function deleteUser(req,res){
+    try {
+        const email = req.params.email;
+        const user = await User.findOne({ email: email });
+        if (user === null) {
+            return res.status(404).json({ message: "User not found" });
+        }
+        await User.deleteOne({ email: email });
+        res.json({ message: "Deleted User" });
+    } catch (err) {
+        res.status(500).json({ message: `Internal server error: ${err.message}` });
+    }
+}
+async function hashPassWord(plainPass){
+    const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt()
+    const modifiedPass = await bcrypt.hash(plainPass,salt)
+    return modifiedPass
+}
+async function verifyLogin(req,res){
+    const email = req.body.email
+    const password = req.body.password
+    let confirm = false
+    await User.exists({"email":email}).exec().then(async e =>{
+         if(e){
+             const user = (await User.find({"_id":e}))[0]
+             confirm = await bcrypt.compare(password,user.password) ? true:false 
+         }
+     })
+     return confirm
+        
+}
+
+module.exports = {findUsers,createNewUser,deleteUser, verifyLogin}
diff --git a/server/routes/users.js b/server/routes/users.js
index 2954af0..03ba759 100644
--- a/server/routes/users.js
+++ b/server/routes/users.js
@@ -1,55 +1,20 @@
+const {findUsers,createNewUser,deleteUser, verifyLogin} = require('../database/userFunctions')
 const express = require('express');
-const User = require('../models/userSchema');
 const router = express.Router(); 
 
 router.get('/', async (req, res) => {
-    try {
-        const users = await User.find();
-        res.json(users);
-    } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ message: err.message });
-        console.log("users unsuccessfully sent")
-        //test
-
-    }
+    await findUsers(req,res)
 });
 
 router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
-    console.log(req.body)
-    const user = new User({
-        firstName: req.body.firstName,
-        lastName: req.body.lastName,
-        email: req.body.email,
-        school: req.body.school,
-        role: req.body.role,
-        password: req.body.password
-    });
-
-    try {
-        const newUser = await user.save();
-        res.status(201).json(newUser);
-        console.log("created new user")
-    } catch (err) {
-        res.status(400).json({ message: err.message });
-        console.log("error creating new user")
-    }
+    await createNewUser(req,res)
 });
 
 router.delete('/email/:email', async (req, res) => {
-    try {
-        const email = req.params.email;
-        const user = await User.findOne({ email: email });
-        if (user === null) {
-            return res.status(404).json({ message: "User not found" });
-        }
-        await User.deleteOne({ email: email });
-        console.log("deleted user", email)
-        res.json({ message: "Deleted User" });
-    } catch (err) {
-        console.log("error deleting user")
-
-        res.status(500).json({ message: `Internal server error: ${err.message}` });
-    }
+   await deleteUser(req,res)
 });
+router.get('/login', async(req,res,next) =>{
+    res.json(await verifyLogin(req,res,next))
+})
 
 module.exports = router;