diff --git a/Controllers/AuthController.cs b/Controllers/AuthController.cs
index 511910e..87b3a21 100644
--- a/Controllers/AuthController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/AuthController.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class AuthController : ControllerBase
         if (hashedFormPassword == user.PasswordHash)
         {
             // All set - generate the token and return it
-            var token = guhf.GenerateJwtToken(formUser.Email);
+            var token = guhf.GenerateJwtToken(user);
             SuccessfulLoginDTO response = user.ToSuccessfulLoginDTO(token);
 
             return Ok(response);
diff --git a/Controllers/GeneralUseHelperFunctions.cs b/Controllers/GeneralUseHelperFunctions.cs
index deb1ac6..70411b5 100644
--- a/Controllers/GeneralUseHelperFunctions.cs
+++ b/Controllers/GeneralUseHelperFunctions.cs
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ public class GeneralUseHelpers(ApplicationDbContext db, IConfiguration appsettin
         }
     }
 
-    public string GenerateJwtToken(string username)
+    public string GenerateJwtToken(User user)
     {
         var claims = new[]
         {
-            new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, username),
+            new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, user.Id.ToString()),
+            // new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, )
             new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
         };
 
diff --git a/DTOs/UserInfoDTO.cs b/DTOs/UserInfoDTO.cs
index 8c1c416..548168d 100644
--- a/DTOs/UserInfoDTO.cs
+++ b/DTOs/UserInfoDTO.cs
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ public record class UserInfoDTO
     public int Id { get; set; }
     required public string Name { get; set; }
     required public string Email { get; set; }
+    public int Role {  get; set; }
 
 };
diff --git a/Entities/User.cs b/Entities/User.cs
index d35a09a..dd04b38 100644
--- a/Entities/User.cs
+++ b/Entities/User.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace QuotifyBE.Entities
         public int Id { get; set; }
         required public string Name { get; set; }
         required public string Email { get; set; }
+        public int Role {  get; set; }
         required public string PasswordHash { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Mapping/UserMapping.cs b/Mapping/UserMapping.cs
index 362311b..81dbc15 100644
--- a/Mapping/UserMapping.cs
+++ b/Mapping/UserMapping.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public static class UserMapping
         {
             Id = user.Id,
             Name = user.Name,
-            Email = user.Email
+            Email = user.Email,
+            Role = user.Role
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/Migrations/20250717083328_user_roles.Designer.cs b/Migrations/20250717083328_user_roles.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cac6fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Migrations/20250717083328_user_roles.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using QuotifyBE.Data;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace QuotifyBE.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20250717083328_user_roles")]
+    partial class user_roles
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.7")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Category", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Image", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Images");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Author")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("ImageId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastUpdatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Text")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ImageId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Quotes");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.QuoteCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("QuoteId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("CategoryId")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("QuoteId", "CategoryId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("CategoryId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("QuoteCategories");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Role")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Users");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.Image", "Image")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("ImageId");
+
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.User", "User")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Image");
+
+                    b.Navigation("User");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.QuoteCategory", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.Category", "Category")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("CategoryId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", "Quote")
+                        .WithMany("QuoteCategories")
+                        .HasForeignKey("QuoteId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Category");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Quote");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("QuotifyBE.Entities.Quote", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("QuoteCategories");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Migrations/20250717083328_user_roles.cs b/Migrations/20250717083328_user_roles.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a70d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Migrations/20250717083328_user_roles.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace QuotifyBE.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class user_roles : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<int>(
+                name: "Role",
+                table: "Users",
+                type: "integer",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: 0);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Role",
+                table: "Users");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 0876095..34f29bc 100644
--- a/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ namespace QuotifyBE.Migrations
                         .IsRequired()
                         .HasColumnType("text");
 
+                    b.Property<int>("Role")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
                     b.HasKey("Id");
 
                     b.ToTable("Users");