diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 259f2afba10c6f1d29a832ef6ad834ca73e7c83b..0de74cea89c3d481396ff1c44660c95243b2034d 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 MYSQL_USERNAME=root
 MYSQL_PASSWORD=root
 MYSQL_DB=repp_users
+PORT = 4000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Controllers/UserCotroller.ts b/src/Controllers/UserCotroller.ts
index 0e574d3ff329e211a0857a33c150a01202feefb6..544bb9d53a952a61b4d8bcfb138bcc2a7532a94d 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/UserCotroller.ts
+++ b/src/Controllers/UserCotroller.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,23 @@ const login = async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response> => {
   }
 };
 
+const validate = async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response> => {
+  const { token } = req.body;
+  if (token) {
+    jwt.verify(token, secret.auth, (error: Error, decoded: {id: number; type: number}) => {
+      if (error) {
+        const message = 'Invalid token';
+        return res.status(401).send({ message });
+      }
+      const userId = decoded.id;
+      return res.status(200).send({ userId });
+    });
+  } else {
+    return res.status(400).send('auth token not supplied');
+  }
+  return res.status(500).send();
+};
+
 const listUsersById = async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response> => {
   try {
     const { userIds } = req.body;
@@ -157,6 +174,8 @@ router.route('/login')
 router.route('/')
   .post(create);
 
+router.post('/validate', validate);
+
 router.use('/', authorized);
 
 router.route('/')